Method and apparatus for distributing content via a wireless communication network

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

• determining, based on unused data capacity information that is associated with a plurality of servers of a wireless communication system, a broadband bandwidth and a resource usage pattern;
• performing a first mapping of a first plurality of segments of first content for delivery by one or more first servers of the plurality of servers, wherein the first mapping is according to a first portion of the broadband bandwidth;
• based upon receiving the first plurality of segments from the one or more first servers according to the first mapping, transmitting a first content stream, including the first plurality of segments, to a customer premises device;
• performing a second mapping of a second plurality of segments of second content for delivery by one or more second servers of the plurality of servers, wherein the second mapping is according to a second portion of the broadband bandwidth;
• determining a time period for receiving the second plurality of segments of the second content from the one or more second servers according to the resource usage pattern;
• and
• based upon receiving the second plurality of segments from the one or more second servers according to the time period and the second mapping, storing, for later transmission to the customer premises device, the second plurality of segments.

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a processing system comprising a processor and according to unused data capacity information that is based on monitoring data capacity retained by wireless communication servers, a broadband bandwidth and a resource usage pattern;
• assigning, by the processing system, a first portion of the broadband bandwidth for receiving first content from the wireless communication servers, wherein the assigning of the first portion of the broadband bandwidth causes a first mapping of the first content for delivery by a first portion of the wireless communication servers according to the first portion of the broadband bandwidth;
• based upon receipt of the first content from the wireless communication servers according to the first mapping, transmitting, by the processing system, the first content to a customer premises device;
• assigning, by the processing system, a second portion of the broadband bandwidth for receiving second content from the wireless communication servers, wherein the assigning of the second portion of the broadband bandwidth causes a second mapping of the second content for delivery by a second portion of the wireless communication servers according to the second portion of the broadband bandwidth;
• determining, by the processing system, a time period for receiving the second content from the second portion of the wireless communication servers according to the resource usage pattern;
• and
• based upon receipt of the second content from the second portion of the wireless communication servers according to the time period and the second mapping, storing, by the processing system, the second content for subsequent transmission to the customer premises device.