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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Anthony Richard Jones, Southampton, GB;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A media content service is distributed across a distribution network. A plurality of media content service representations (A,B) for the media content service are generated. Each of the media content representations (A,B) has a different bit rate. Each of the media content service representations (A,B) is divided into segments (A,B). Segments (A,B) of the plurality of media content service representations are aligned in time. The segments are transmitted as a sequence of bursts (A,B). The bursts of the plurality of media content service representations are aligned in time. There is a window period () between successive bursts during which media content is not transmitted. Each of the media content service representations is transmitted as a multicast. Each of the generated media content service representations (A,B) has a respective bit rate and each of the segments (A,B) is transmitted at a higher bit rate to create the window periods () between successive bursts (A,B).