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1. A method to deliver a multimedia service in a mobile network including a server and a client, the method comprising:
collecting quality of service (QoS) related information of communication channels in the mobile network; collecting or retrieving at least one parameter associated with the client or a usage preference of any of the communication channels at the client, wherein the at least one parameter comprises range of physical movements of the client, moving speed of the client, power usage information of the client, cost of using an available communication channel, quality of experience (QoE) related information pertaining to the multimedia content, and/or preferences of using a specific communication channel; determining a set of quality of multimedia streaming (QMS) metrics at the client based on (1) the QoS related information and (2) the at least one parameter for the communication channels periodically; notifying the server a first QMS metric associated with a first communication channel of the communication channels when the difference between a second QMS metric associated with the first communication channel and the first QMS metric exceeds a threshold, wherein the first QMS metric is determined at the client and obtained immediately succeeding the second QMS metric; and receiving a multimedia content from a second communication channel of the communication channels or a combination of the first communication channel and the second communication channel in a manner that is determined partly based on the first QMS metric, wherein the difference between two immediately succeeding obtained QMS metrics associated with the second communication channel does not exceed the threshold. |
