METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINED MEDIA STREAMING TO A MOVING VEHICLE

摘要

A method and a system for receiving streaming media from an external provider onboard a moving vehicle via wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes: checking, upon a request from a client device to obtain a streaming media from said external provider, whether a segment of said streaming media is available in the cache or not; forwarding, when a segment of the requested streaming media is available in the cache, the segment of the streaming media object to the client device from the cache; downloading, when the segment of the requested streaming media is not available in the cache, the segment of the streaming media object from the external server, and forwarding the downloaded segment to the client device, and storing the segment in the cache.

主权项

1. A method for receiving streaming media from an external provider onboard a moving vehicle via wireless communication, wherein at least one router is provided in the moving vehicle for receiving and transmitting wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside said moving vehicle through an exterior mobile network, said at least one router being provided with or connected to a local proxy server and a cache onboard the vehicle, wherein said router is accessible by a plurality of client devices onboard said vehicle, comprising:
checking, upon a request from a client device to obtain a streaming media from said external provider, whether a segment of said streaming media is available in the cache or not; forwarding, when a segment of said requested streaming media is available in the cache, the segment of the streaming media object to the client device from the cache; downloading, when said segment of the requested streaming media is not available in the cache, the segment of said streaming media object from said external server, and forwarding the downloaded segment to the client device, and storing the segment in the cache.