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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2020
Koninklijke Kpn N.v., Rotterdam, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Lucia D'Acunto, Delft, NL;
Miodrag Djurica, Rotterdam, NL;
Jan Willem Martin Kleinrouweler, Pijnacker, NL;
Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, s-Gravenhage, NL;
Abstract
A streaming assistance system may be provided which may be connected to at least two network links, for example via respective network interfaces. Both network links may have different characteristics, e.g., in terms of throughput, utilization, latency, etc. The streaming assistance system may assist in the streaming of media content to a client device by identifying a media fragment which is likely to be requested by the client device in the (near) future, selecting a network link to be used for the streaming of the media segment, and effecting a prefetching of the media segment via the selected network link. In some embodiments, the streaming assistance system may be a DASH Aware Network Element (DANE).