Methods and devices for determining multipath routing for panoramic video content

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• transmitting a request for a plurality of portions of video content to a video content server, wherein the transmitting of the request causes the video content server to identify a first group of packets associated with field of view (FoV) tiles for the video content and to identify a second group of packets associated with out of sight (OOS) tiles for the video content, wherein the video content server configures the first group of packets to a high priority and based on a spatial priority or a temporal priority of the FoV tiles and the video server configures the second group of packets to a low priority based on a spatial priority or a temporal priority of the OOS tiles;
• receiving the first group of packets from a first communication network using a Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP), wherein the video content server selects the first communication network to transmit the first group of packets according to the high priority and that a first throughput of the first communication network is higher than a second throughput of a second communication network, wherein the video content server configures a socket application programming interface (API) for the MPTCP for the processing system to identify that the first group of packets are associated with the FOV tiles, associated with the high priority, and are to be transmitted over the first communication network;
• and
• receiving the second group of packets from the second communication network using MPTCP, wherein the video content server selects the second communication network to transmit the second group of packets according to the low priority and that the first throughput of the first communication network is higher than the second throughput of the second communication network, wherein the video content server configures the socket API for MPTCP to identify that the second group of packets are associated with the OOS tiles, associated with the low priority, and are to be transmitted over the second communication network.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a request for a plurality of portions of video content;
• identifying, by the processing system, a first group of packets associated with field of view (FoV) tiles for the video content in response to receiving the request;
• determining a spatial priority or a temporal priority for the FoV tiles;
• identifying, by the processing system, a second group of packets associated with out of sight (OOS) tiles for the video content in response to receiving the request;
• determining a spatial priority or a temporal priority for the OOS tiles;
• configuring, by the processing system, the first group of packets to a high priority based on the spatial priority or the temporal priority for the FoV tiles and configuring, by the processing system, the second group of packets to a low priority based on the spatial priority or the temporal priority of the OOS tiles;
• selecting, by the processing system, a first communication network to transmit the first group of packets according to the high priority and first network conditions associated with the first communication network;
• selecting, by the processing system, a second communication network to transmit the second group of packets according to the low priority and second network conditions associated with the second communication network;
• configuring, by the processing system, a socket application programming interface (API) for a Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) for the processing system, wherein the configuring of the socket API to identify the first group of packets are associated with the FoV tiles, associated with the high priority, and to be transmitted over the first communication network, wherein the configuring of the socket API includes identifying the second group of packets are associated with the OOS tiles, associated with the low priority, and to be transmitted over the second communication network;
• transmitting, by the processing system, the first group of packets over the first communication network using MPTCP;
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• transmitting, by the processing system, the second group of packets over the second communication network using MPTCP.