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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Yongsuk Park, Seoul, KR;
Sun-Mi Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dan-Keun Sung, Daejeon, KR;
Chan-Hyun Youn, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Won Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ji-Young Cha, Jeju-do, KR;
Tae-Hoon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Dong-Ki Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Hee-Jae Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Yong-Sung Park, Daejeon, KR;
Young-Joo Han, Daejeon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A method for determining a source and a transmission path to provide content includes receiving a message comprising at least one of channel information of a link between a request device which requests content download and a central management device, available resource amount information of a candidate device, channel information of a link between the candidate device and the central management device, and channel information of a link between the request device and one candidate device. The method also includes determining a source device and the transmission path for providing the content to the request device using an available resource amount of the candidate device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the central management device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the candidate device, and a data rate of the link between the candidate device and the central management device.