Network device selection for broadcast content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorRajendra Prasad Kodaypak
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Abstract
Providing network device selection for broadcast content is disclosed. Changes to a LTE or LTE-B network can be propagated in real-time, or near-real-time, to a mapping profile representative of the LTE or LTE-B network. This mapping profile can be employed in updating the LTE or LTE-B network. Further, the mapping profile can be employed in establishing a new LTE-B session, adapting an existing LTE-B session, maintaining an existing LTE-B session, etc. Access to a selection rule can enable the LTE or LTE-B network to rank a determined bearer path of the LTE or LTE-B network. LTE-B network and service management can be performed by the LTE-B network or components thereof, such as, at a BMSC component. Moreover, network device selection for broadcast content can be virtualized.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining that an adapted bearer path satisfies a selection rule based on a rank of the adapted bearer path relative to adapted bearer paths, wherein the adapted bearer path is a permutation of a bearer path of a long term evolution broadcast network communicating long term evolution broadcast data via a first device, wherein the permutation supports transport of the long term evolution broadcast data between a broadcast source device and a user equipment via the adapted bearer path, and wherein the adapted bearer path comprises a second device;
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- adapting an existing long term evolution broadcast session based on the permutation of the bearer path facilitating continued communication of the long term evolution broadcast data between the broadcast source device and the user equipment via the adapted bearer path.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a system comprising a processor and a memory, an updated bearer path based on an alteration of a presently used bearer path of a long term evolution broadcast network communicating long term evolution broadcast data via a first long term evolution broadcast network device, wherein the updated bearer path comprises a second long term evolution broadcast network device, wherein the presently used bearer path facilitates communication of content between a broadcast source device and a broadcast receiving device, and wherein the updated bearer path enables continued communication of the content between the broadcast source device and the broadcast receiving device;
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- in response to selecting the updated bearer path based on a rank of the updated bearer path relative to other updated bearer paths, altering, by the system, the presently used bearer path to allow the continued communication of the content via the updated bearer path.
A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- selecting an altered bearer path that satisfies a selection rule based on a determined rank of the altered bearer path relative to other altered bearer paths, wherein the altered bearer path is based on an instant bearer path of a long term evolution broadcast network communicating long term evolution broadcast data via a first long term evolution broadcast network device, wherein the altered bearer path comprises a second long term evolution broadcast network device, and wherein the altered bearer path facilitates continued transport of the long term evolution broadcast data via the altered bearer path;
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- initiating implementation of the altered bearer path to support the continued transport of the long term evolution broadcast data for an instant long term evolution broadcast session via the altered bearer path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.