Apparatus and method of managing resources for video services

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a wireless device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• determining a content access request for video content via an over-the-top video service in a coverage area of an eNodeB;
• responsive to the content access request, accessing, via a server, prediction information representative of a predicted network condition, wherein the predicted network condition is determined by the server according to first network parameter data received by the server from an eNodeB of a wireless network and according to second network parameter data received by the server from a content delivery network server that utilizes the wireless network;
• accessing, via the server, a recommendation for a buffer configuration generated by the server according to the predicted network condition;
• determining buffer information for a buffer of the wireless device according to the recommendation of the buffer configuration;
• providing a video chunk request to a video server according to the predicted network condition and the buffer information;
• and
• receiving, from the video server, video chunks of the video content responsive to the video chunk request.

A server, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• obtaining first network parameter data from an eNodeB of a wireless network;
• obtaining second network parameter data from a content delivery network server that utilizes the wireless network;
• determining a predicted network condition for a group of end user devices to receive an over-the-top video service in a coverage area of the eNodeB according to the first network parameter data and the second network parameter data;
• generating a recommendation for a buffer configuration according to the predicted network condition;
• and
• providing access to the recommendation for the buffer configuration and prediction information representative of the predicted network condition,
• wherein the providing the access to the recommendation for the buffer configuration and the prediction information representative of the predicted network condition enables a video client of an end user device in the coverage area to provide a request for a video chunk to a video server according to buffer information and the predicted network condition.