Methods, systems, and devices for providing service differentiation for different types of frames for 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:

• generating a dedicated bearer path to a mobile device over a candidate dedicated bearer path in response to identifying test packets that have been received from the mobile device over the candidate dedicated bearer path;
• identifying a default bearer path to the mobile device;
• obtaining a group of pre-fetch frames of video content and obtaining a group of emergent frames of the video content;
• placing the group of pre-fetch frames in a first packet flow according to a subscription profile and placing the group of emergent frames in a second packet flow according to the subscription profile;
• and
• transmitting, over a communication network, the group of pre-fetch frames from the first packet flow onto the default bearer path to the mobile device and transmitting the group of emergent frames from the second packet flow onto the dedicated bearer path to the mobile device.

A method comprising:

• generating, by a processing system including a processor, a dedicated bearer path to a mobile device over a candidate dedicated bearer path;
• identifying, by the processing system, a default bearer path to the mobile device;
• receiving, by the processing system, over a communication network, a plurality of requests for frames of video content to provide to the mobile device;
• determining, by the processing system, a first portion of the plurality of requests are for a group of pre-fetch frames of the video content and determining a second portion of the plurality of requests are for a group of emergent frames of the video content;
• obtaining, by the processing system, the group of pre-fetch frames of the video content and obtaining the group of emergent frames of the video content;
• placing, by the processing system, the group of pre-fetch frames in a first packet flow according to a subscription profile and placing the group of emergent frames in a second packet flow according to the subscription profile;
• and
• transmitting, by the processing system, over the communication network, the group of pre-fetch frames from the first packet flow onto the default bearer path to the mobile device and transmitting the group of emergent frames from the second packet flow onto the dedicated bearer path to the mobile device.