POWER EFFICIENT MULTIMEDIA CONTENT STREAMING BASED ON A SERVER PUSH

摘要

Techniques for influencing power consumption of a client while streaming multimedia content from a server over a network are described. For example, a server push strategy is used to push a number of media segments of the multimedia content from the server to the client in response to a single request identifying one of the media segments. Thus, instead of using multiple requests, the media segments are provided to the client by using a single request. Reducing the number of requests influences (e.g., reduces) the power consumption of the client. To optimize the power consumption given current client, server, and/or network conditions, the number of the media segments to be pushed is computed based on parameters associated with these conditions.

主权项

1. In a wireless network environment, a method for influencing power consumption of a client streaming multimedia content from a server using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) by controlling how many HTTP requests are used by the client, the method comprising:
determining, by the client, a number of media segments of the multimedia content to request from the server per request based on a context of one or more of: the client, the server, or the wireless network environment, wherein the number is greater than one; sending, by the client to the server, a single HTTP request based on the determined number; and receiving, by the client from the server, the number of the media segments in response to the single HTTP request.