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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Kazunori Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cache server comprises a storage unit that stores managed content held by a storage apparatus in a mobile network, determines, from among a plurality of cache servers provided in the mobile network, a cache server that stores content(s) requested by a mobile terminal, using information included in a content request message from the mobile terminal, estimates a bandwidth of the mobile network based on a signal from the mobile terminal, reads a file with a bit rate not exceeding the bandwidth among a plurality of files having the requested content(s) with different bit rates, from the determined cache server, and transmits the read file to the mobile terminal while controlling timing of transmission in accordance with a buffer capacity of the mobile terminal.