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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Markus Kampmann, Aachen, DE;
Daniel Catrein, Würselen, DE;
Johannes Willig, Herzogenrath, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/835 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01); H04L 47/15 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to techniques for controlling a delivery of streaming content in a point-to-multipoint ('PTM') enabled network (). A method aspect of such a technique comprises the steps of sending one or more adjustment instructions for achieving a buffer overlap in content buffers (-) of a plurality of terminal devices (-) each receiving content via a point-to-point ('PTP') distribution (-), and initiating, following the sending of the adjustment instructions, a PTM distribution () for at least some of the plurality of terminal devices.