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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Avinash Pothula, Kakinada, IN;
Guntur Ravindra, Mysore, IN;
Suresh Chintada, Bangalore, IN;
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
Video caching in a wireless communication network includes determiningstarting and ending points of a route of a mobile device and a minimum length route therebetween. Intermediate access points are identifiedalong the route, and these points are polledfor their available bandwidth and memory. A streaming capacity is definedof each access point. Access points are selectedhaving an additive streaming capacity greater or equal to a size of a video file for the mobile device, and a defined number of sequential blocks of the video file are sentto each access point. Each access points then downloadsits blocks as the mobile device traverses a service area of that access point.