METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING RAPID CONTENT DISTRIBUTION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION NETWORK

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method for implementing rapid content distribution in an LTE network. The method includes: analyzing, by a device, a received data visit request, generating a corresponding content distribution request and transmitting the content distribution request to a content distribution node connected with the device; if the device receives requested content from the content distribution node, returning by the device the content to a transmitter of the data visit request; otherwise, forwarding by the device the data visit request to a next level node device, and receive the content from the next level node device, returning the content to the transmitter of the data visit request; wherein the device comprises: a base station and/or a serving gateway; for the base station, the next level node device is the serving gateway; for the serving gateway, the next level node device is a packet data network gateway. The present disclosure further provides another method for implementing rapid content distribution in the LTE network. According to the technical solution provided by the present disclosure, response time of the data visit request of the UE is shortened and the user experience is improved.