Efficient delivery of real-time synchronous services over a wireless network

A system comprising:

• a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network;
• wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station, so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of:
• (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server;
• wherein the base station optimization server is configured to connect to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on an initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, and wherein the base station optimization server is adapted to route an application data packet stream, on behalf of a first application that provides streaming application data, to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream from the base station optimization server, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network;
• and
• a regional optimization server connected with a packet data network gateway (PGW) on the packet data network side of the PGW and adapted to run a second application for providing streaming data services to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, the regional optimization server being adapted to route the application data packet stream being delivered to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices to the base station optimization server, on behalf of the second application that provides streaming application data.

A method comprising:

• providing a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network,
• wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of:
• (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server, the base station optimization server being connected to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on the initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices;
• and
• routing an application data packet stream by the base station optimization server, on behalf of an application that provides streaming application data, from the base station optimization server to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network.

A method comprising:

• providing a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network;
• wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station, so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of:
• (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server;
• wherein the base station optimization server is configured to connect to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on an initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices;
• routing an application data packet stream by the base station optimization server on behalf of a first application that provides streaming application data, to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream from the base station optimization server, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network;
• providing a regional optimization server connected with a packet data network gateway (PGW) on the packet data network side of the PGW and adapted to run a second application for providing streaming data services to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices;
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• routing, by the regional optimization server, to the base station optimization server, the streamed application data being delivered to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, on behalf of the second application that provides streaming application data.