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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Sanqi LI, Plano, TX (US);
Tao Qian, Shanghai, CN;
Houxiao Han, Beijing, CN;
Hongbo Tian, Beijing, CN;
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sanqi Li, Plano, TX (US);
Tao Qian, Shanghai, CN;
Houxiao Han, Beijing, CN;
Hongbo Tian, Beijing, CN;
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of serving media includes receiving a request to serve a cacheable media content to a user equipment at a second media server deployed in a second layer2 access network. The request is received around when the user equipment is handed-off from a first layer2 node in a first layer2 access network to a second layer2 node in the second layer2 access network and when a streaming session of the cacheable media content to the user equipment from a first media server is terminated. The method further includes determining if the cacheable media content is stored in a cache of the second media server, and serving the cacheable media content from the cache of the second media server to the user equipment if the media content is stored in the cache of the second media server.