Abstract: A system and method for switching one or more User Equipment (UEs) 116A-N from a unicast mode to a broadcast or multicast mode to transmit a streaming media content to the UEs 116A-N is provided. The system includes, an Over-the-top (OTT) platform 104, a CDN 112, the UEs 116A-N, a cellular core network 202, one-to-many offload core 204, an analytics engine 206, a database 208, one-to-many transmitter 210, a real time switching module 212, a Cellular base station 214 and a user specified rules module 222. The analytics engine 206 continuously analyzes real-time and historical data stored in the database 208 to identify the UEs 116A-N that receive a streaming media content through the unicast mode and the streaming media content to be offloaded. An offload is a process by which certain portions of the streaming media content is shifted from the unicast mode to the broadcast or multicast mode.
Abstract: A system and method for dynamically switching transmission of selected data from cellular core network to unidirectional point-to-multipoint downlink network or from unidirectional point-to-multipoint downlink network to cellular core network based on traffic flow analysis is provided. The system includes a cellular packet core 206, a broadcast offload packet core (BO-PC) 302, and a load manager 202. The cellular packet core 206 controls a cellular radio access network (RAN) 412 for providing bidirectional connectivity to a converged user equipment (UE) (204) to transmit or receive selected data through the cellular packet core 206 and the RAN 412. The BO-PC 302 controls a broadcast radio access network (RAN). The broadcast radio access network (RAN) includes at least one Broadcast Radio Head (BRH) 322 for providing unidirectional downlink path to the converged user equipment (UE) 204 to receive selected data through the at least one Broadcast Radio Heads (BRH) 322.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 12, 2019
Publication date:
November 4, 2021
Inventors:
Parag Naik, Arindam Chakraborty, Makarand Kulkarni, Anindya Saha, Vishwakumara Kayargadde, Mark Andrew Aitken
Abstract: A system and method for switching one or more User Equipment (UEs) 116A-N from a unicast mode to a broadcast or multicast mode to transmit a streaming media content to the UEs 116A-N is provided. The system includes, an Over-the-top (OTT) platform 104, a CDN 112, the UEs 116A-N, a cellular core network 202, one-to-many offload core 204, an analytics engine 206, a database 208, one-to-many transmitter 210, a real time switching module 212, a Cellular base station 214 and a user specified rules module 222. The analytics engine 206 continuously analyzes real-time and historical data stored in the database 208 to identify the UEs 116A-N that receive a streaming media content through the unicast mode and the streaming media content to be offloaded. An offload is a process by which certain portions of the streaming media content is shifted from the unicast mode to the broadcast or multicast mode.
Abstract: A system and method for dynamically switching transmission of selected data from cellular core network to unidirectional point-to-multipoint downlink network or from unidirectional point-to-multipoint downlink network to cellular core network based on traffic flow analysis is provided. The system includes a cellular packet core 206, a broadcast offload packet core (BO-PC) 302, and a load manager 202. The cellular packet core 206 controls a cellular radio access network (RAN) 412 for providing bidirectional connectivity to a converged user equipment (UE) (204) to transmit or receive selected data through the cellular packet core 206 and the RAN 412. The BO-PC 302 controls a broadcast radio access network (RAN). The broadcast radio access network (RAN) includes at least one Broadcast Radio Head (BRH) 322 for providing unidirectional downlink path to the converged user equipment (UE) 204 to receive selected data through the at least one Broadcast Radio Heads (BRH) 322.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
Saankhya Labs Pvt. Ltd.
Inventors:
Parag Naik, Arindam Chakraborty, Makarand Kulkarni, Anindya Saha, Vishwakumara Kayargadde, Mark Andrew Aitken