Video content delivery over wireless access networks with quality of service (QOS) guarantees

• US 9,615,113 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2016
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Kotecha, Lalit R., Aguirre, Sergio, Kamel, Raafat, Kamdar, Kamlesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Lonsberry, Hunter B
• Application Number:
  US15/206,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 725 62, 725 93- 95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2385 Channel allocation H04N21/266 takes precedence; Bandwidth allocation H04N21/24 takes precedence ; allocation of channels according to the instantaneous demands of the users in time-division multiplex systems H04J3/1682; admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896; negotiating bandwidth in wireless networks H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/647 Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless real-time session protocols H04L65/1101

Abstract

A device receives, from a content provider, traffic parameters associated with a video content request received from a fixed user device connected to a wireless access network, and determines, based on the traffic parameters, a trigger for creating a dedicated bearer for the fixed user device in the wireless access network. The device also provides the trigger to the wireless access network, where the wireless access network creates the dedicated bearer for the fixed user device based on the trigger, and the wireless access network assigns quality of service (QoS) parameters, based on the traffic parameters, to video content delivered to the fixed user device.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing device, comprising:

receiving a video content request from a user device;

providing the video content request to a content provider;

receiving the requested video content from the content provider;

creating a dedicated bearer for the user device, in response to determining that a portion of the received video content matches profile information associated with the user device; and

preventing the creation of the dedicated bearer for the user device when a portion of the received video content fails to match the profile information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile information includes comprises at least one of:

source or destination Internet protocol (IP) addresses over which the video content will be delivered,

a port over which the video content will be delivered,

a protocol over which the requested video content will be carried,

an average data rate associated with the request video content, or

a peak data rate associated with the request video content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

assigning quality of service (QoS) parameters to the video content based on traffic parameters, and

providing the video content to the user device with the QoS parameters.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the QoS parameters include at least one of a required bit rate, a delay, jitter, packet dropping, or a bit error rate (BER) associated with the video content.

5. The method of claim 1, where the user device includes at least one of:

a laptop computer,

a personal computer,

a tablet computer,

a set-top box (STB),

a television, or

a gaming system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the video content is provided via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

7. The method of claim 1, where creating a dedicated bearer further comprises:

determining whether a packet of the received video content matches specific profile information;

triggering creation of the dedicated bearer for the user device when the packet of the video content matches the specific profile information; and

providing, in a queue, packets of the received video content arriving at the computing device until the dedicated bearer is created for the user device.

8. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving subscriber profile information for a user device when the user device connects to a wireless access network;

receiving a video content request from the user device connected to the wireless access network;

providing the video content request to a content provider;

receiving video content from the content provider based on the video content request;

determining whether a portion of the video content matches the subscriber profile information;

creating a dedicated bearer, for the user device in the wireless access network, in response to determining that a portion of the video content matches the subscriber profile information; and

preventing the creation of the dedicated bearer for the user device in response to determining that a portion of the video content fails to match the subscriber profile information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

assigning, by the computing device and when the dedicated bearer is created, quality of service (QoS) parameters to the video content based on traffic parameters, wherein the traffic parameters include at least two of;

a source or destination Internet protocol (IP) addresses over which the video content will be delivered,

a port over which the video content will be delivered,

an average data rate associated with the video content, or

a peak data rate associated with the video content.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing, by the computing device and to the user device, the video content with the QoS parameters.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

queuing packets of the video content arriving at the computing device until the dedicated bearer is created for the user device.

12. The method of claim 8, where the wireless access network includes a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

13. The method of claim 8, where the subscriber profile information comprises at least one of:

source or destination Internet protocol (IP) address over which the video content will be delivered,

a port over which the video content will be delivered,

a protocol over which the video content will be carried,

an average data rate associated with the video content, or

a peak data rate associated with the video content.

14. The method of claim 9, where the QoS parameters include at least one of:

a required bit rate for the video content,

a delay associated with the video content,

jitter associated with the video content,

packet dropping probability associated with the video content, or

a bit error rate (BER) associated with the video content.

15. The method of claim 14, where the wireless access network includes a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

16. The method of claim 8, where the user device includes at least one of:

a laptop computer,

a personal computer,

a tablet computer,

a set-top box (STB),

a television, or

a gaming system.

17. A device comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;

receive subscriber profile information for a user device when the user device connects to a wireless access network,

receive a video content request from the user device,

provide the video content request to a content provider,

receive video content from the content provider based on the video content request,

create, as the video content is received from the content provider, a dedicated bearer, for the user device in the wireless access network, when a portion of the video content matches the subscriber profile information, and

prevent creation of the dedicated bearer for the user device when a portion of the video content fails to match the subscriber profile information.

18. The device of claim 17 where the processor is further to:

assign, when the dedicated bearer is created, quality of service (QoS) parameters to the video content based on the traffic parameters, and

provide, to the user device, the video content with the QoS parameters.

19. The device of claim 18, where the QoS parameters include one or more of:

a required bit rate for the video content,

a delay associated with the video content,

jitter associated with the video content,

packet dropping probability associated with the video content, or

a bit error rate (BER) associated with the video content.

20. The device of claim 17, where the user device includes at least one of:

a laptop computer,

a personal computer,

a tablet computer,

a set-top box (STB),

a television, or

a gaming system.