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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Qatar University, Doha, QA;
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Doha, QA;
Kashif Bilal, Doha, QA;
Kamran Zahoor, Doha, QA;
Aiman Erbad, Doha, QA;
Amr Mahmoud Salem Mohamed, Doha, QA;
Mohsen Mokhtar Guizani, Doha, QA;
QATAR FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Doha, QA;
QATAR UNIVERSITY, Doha, QA;
Abstract
The typical service to deliver multimedia content is evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS). However, the eMBMS is a service-oriented network architecture requiring a pre-defined and pre-established user service to stream a live video. The content provider must be a multicast service provider to use the eMBMS services, which many typical content providers are not. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a live video streaming network architecture that enhances the eMBMS architecture to enable service-less multicast delivery. The provided system includes a virtual network function service running on an application server (AS) that identifies potential multicast scenarios based on user requests for a live video stream within a confined area. The AS collects information from the cellular users, checks the information to validate a potential multicast scenario, and transmits the information to the eMBMS core on behalf of the content provider and user equipment to instantiate a multicast resource bearer.