Video control-plane gateway device

A method comprising:

• establishing a local connection with a device that is serviced by a network operator;
• transmitting, to the device over the local connection, a request for a video stream;
• receiving, from the device over the local connection, control information for accessing the video stream on a downlink channel provisioned for the device by an access point associated with the network operator;
• and
• receiving the video stream on the downlink channel.

A computer program product comprising instructions stored in a tangible computer-readable storage medium, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to establish an uplink channel and a primary downlink channel with an access point associated with a network operator, and to establish a local connection with a video client device;
• instructions to receive, over the local connection, a first request for a video stream from the video client device, wherein the video client device is not serviced by the network operator;
• instructions to transmit, on the uplink channel to the access point, a second request for establishment of a supplementary downlink channel that is associated with the primary downlink channel through carrier aggregation, and for transmission of the video stream on the supplementary downlink channel;
• instructions to receive, on the primary downlink channel, control information for reception of the supplementary downlink channel on which the access point will transmit the video stream;
• and
• instructions to transmit, over the local connection to the video client device, the control information for the reception of the supplementary downlink channel on which the access point will transmit the video stream.