Managing video encoders utilizing IoT-based communications

A computer-implemented method to manage content streaming comprising:

• receiving, at a content delivery service, individual bandwidth metric information provided by a plurality of encoding nodes, the individual bandwidth metric information being indicative of encoding bandwidth of the plurality of encoding nodes, the individual bandwidth metric information transmitted in accordance with an IoT messaging protocol;
• determining individual bandwidth allocations for the plurality of encoding nodes based on application of a bandwidth allocation criteria to a determined total amount of available bandwidth;
• and
• causing the determined individual bandwidth allocations to be provided to the plurality of encoding nodes in accordance with the IoT messaging protocol, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of encoding nodes modify content encoding, the content encoding comprising a combined bitrate and encoding representation format, based on the transmitted individual bandwidth allocations.

A computer-implemented method to manage transmission of encoded content streaming comprising:

• receiving metric information provided by a plurality of encoding servers in accordance with an IoT messaging protocol, the metric information being indicative of encoding bandwidth of the plurality of encoding servers;
• determining configuration information for the plurality of encoding servers;
• and
• transmitting, in accordance with the IoT messaging protocol, an updated configuration for at least a portion of the plurality of encoding servers based on the received metric information;
• wherein the encoding bandwidth of the plurality of encoding servers correspond to measured bandwidth of the plurality of encoding servers to encode one or more content streams;
• wherein the configuration information corresponds to allocation of bandwidth based on a calculated total applicable bandwidth;
• and
• wherein transmitting the updated configuration for at least the portion of the plurality of encoding servers includes transmitting allocated bandwidth information in accordance with the IoT messaging protocol, the allocated bandwidth information corresponding to allocation of bandwidth.