Providing multiple multicast streams over a single transport bearer channel

A user device, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory device storing a set of computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions, wherein executing the set of computer-executable instructions causes the processor to:
• identify a received transport bearer channel, via which a plurality of content streams are received, the plurality of content streams being associated with a plurality of different codecs, the transport bearer channel including a plurality of logical bearer channels that each correspond to a particular transport layer session, each transport layer session corresponding to a particular one of the content streams;
• receive a selection of a particular content stream, of the plurality of content streams;
• receive a mapping of content stream identifiers to logical bearer channel identifiers;
• identify a content stream identifier associated with the selected particular content stream;
• identify a plurality of logical bearer channel identifiers associated with the plurality of logical bearer channels;
• identify a particular logical bearer channel, of the plurality of bearer channels, that corresponds to the particular content stream, wherein identifying the particular logical bearer channel includes identifying, based on the mapping, that a bearer channel identifier, associated with the particular logical bearer channel, is associated with the content stream identifier associated with the selected content stream;
• extract a transport layer session from the identified particular logical bearer channel;
• provide, from a transport layer of the user device and to an application layer of the user device, the particular content stream from the transport layer session;
• decode the particular content stream based on a particular codec associated with the particular content stream;
• and
• present the particular content stream, wherein presenting the video stream includes presenting the decoded particular content stream.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server device, an indication of a quantity of content streams that are to be outputted to one or more user devices;
• establishing, by the server device, a set of transport layer sessions that each correspond to a particular content stream, of the plurality of content streams, wherein the plurality of content streams are associated with a plurality of different codecs;
• outputting, by the server device, the content streams to a base station via the transport layer sessions;
• establishing, by the base station, a set of logical bearer channels that each correspond to a particular transport layer session, of the set of transport layer sessions;
• outputting, by the base station and to the one or more user devices, the set of logical bearer channels via a single transport bearer channel;
• and
• outputting, by the server device and to the one or more user devices, a mapping of content stream identifiers to logical bearer channel identifiers,
• wherein the mapping allows a particular user device, of the one or more user devices, to identify, based on the mapping, that a bearer channel identifier, associated with particular logical bearer channel of the set of logical bearer channels, is associated with a content stream identifier associated with a particular content stream that has been selected by a user of the user device,
• wherein the particular user device further decodes the particular content stream based on a particular codec associated with the particular content stream and presents the decoded particular content stream.