Gateway based and centric network management and coordination

摘要

Gateway based and centric network management and coordination. Coordination and management of delivery of a source sequence, that has possibly undergone adaptive bit rate (ABR) encoding upstream to generate a number of respective fragments that may have different respective bit rates associated therewith, to one or more downstream, user, or client devices is achieved via appropriate communication network management and coordination performed by one or more communication devices within the system. In one instance, a home gateway communication device operates to perform such coordination management of a convergent network or convergent digital home network (CDHN). Consideration of any one or more local and/or remote conditions, parameters, etc. may be employed by such an application to ensure effective delivery of a source sequence to one or more client devices.

主权项

1. A communication device comprising:
a communication interface; and a processor, at least one of the processor or the communication interface configured to:
select a combination of fragments from a plurality of fragments based on at least one characteristic of a communication channel between the communication device and another communication device that is located remotely from the communication device, wherein the plurality of fragments correspond to a plurality of segments of a signal stream based on a plurality of bit rates;process the combination of fragments to generate an output signal that is representative of the signal stream; andtransmit the output signal to the another communication device that is located remotely from the communication device via the communication channel.