Hybrid static and dynamic multicast configuration for media serving environment

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• monitoring amounts of traffic for a plurality of multicast media streams being delivered from media servers, through a communication provider network, to a plurality of media playback devices;
• determining that a media stream, of the plurality of media streams, has a respective amount of traffic that is at or above a traffic threshold;
• analyzing historical data to determine that the media stream is associated with historical amounts of traffic that are at or above the traffic threshold;
• determining to configure the edge router to join a Data-Multicast Data Tree (Data-MDT) associated with the media stream prior to one of the plurality of media playback devices requesting to receive the media stream based at least in part on the media stream being associated with the historical amounts of traffic that are at or above the traffic threshold;
• and
• configuring an edge router of the communication provider network to join the Data-MDT associated with the media stream rather than a Default-MDT based at least in part on the media stream having the respective amount of traffic that is at or above the traffic threshold.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• monitoring amounts of traffic for a plurality of multicast media streams being delivered from media servers, through a communication provider network, to a plurality of media playback devices;
• determining that a media stream, of the plurality of media streams, has a respective amount of traffic that is at or above a traffic threshold;
• analyzing historical data to determine that the media stream is associated with historical amounts of traffic that are at or above the traffic threshold;
• determining to configure the edge router to join a Data-Multicast Data Tree (Data-MDT) associated with the media stream prior to one of the plurality of media playback devices requesting to receive the media stream based at least in part on the media stream being associated with the historical amounts of traffic that are at or above the traffic threshold;
• and
• configuring an edge router of the communication provider network to join the Data-MDT associated with the media stream rather than a Default-MDT based at least in part on the media stream having the respective amount of traffic that is at or above the traffic threshold.