Streaming media
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsIgor D.D Curcio, Miikka Lundan
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for streaming of media from a streaming server (111) to a mobile client device (101) over an air-interface, wherein, after a cell reselection, the method comprises requesting the streaming server (111) to resend streaming media which the mobile client device (101) was not able to receive due to the cell reselection.
Claims25
A method for streaming of media from a streaming server (111) to a mobile client device (101) over an air-interface, wherein the method comprises:
- requesting the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the streaming media comprise one of the following:
- a video stream, an audio stream, another stream of single media, a multimedia stream.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the streaming server (111) sends streaming media to the mobile client device (101) via a mobile communications network.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the mobile communications network comprises a mobile packet radio network, such as a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein said cell reselection is performed between two base stations (BS1, BS2) which are selected from a group comprising:
- base stations belonging to a GPRS system, base stations belonging to a third generation mobile communications system.
A mobile client device (101) for receiving streaming media from a streaming server (111) over an air-interface, the mobile client device (101) comprising:
- means (220, 230, MCU) for requesting the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection.
A streaming server (111) for sending streaming media to a mobile client device (101) over an air-interface, the streaming server (111) comprising:
- means (350) for receiving a request requesting the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection;
- and
- means (320, 330, CPU) for acting upon the received request.
A system comprising a streaming server (111) and a mobile client device (101), for streaming of media from the streaming server (111) to the mobile client device (101) over an air-interface, the system comprising, at the mobile client device (101):
- means (220, 230, MCU) for requesting the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection, the system further comprising, at the streaming server (111):
- means (350) for receiving the request;
- and
- means (320, 330, CPU) for acting upon the received request.
A computer program executable in a mobile client device (101), the computer program comprising:
- program code for causing the mobile client device (101) to request the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection.
A computer program executable in a streaming server (111), the computer program comprising:
- program code for causing the streaming server (111) to receive a request requesting the streaming server (111) to send streaming media which the mobile client device (101) is not able to receive due to a cell reselection;
- and
- program code for acting upon the received request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.