System and methods for determining opt in/opt out status of middleware reception reporting for eMBMS services

摘要

A system and methods for determining whether to participate in reception reporting procedures for an eMBMS service. Multiple applications on a receiver device can consume the same file download or streaming eMBMS service, and can have conflicting opt in/opt out settings for reporting in middleware. Algorithms are provided that take into account the different opt statuses of applications, and allow middleware components to determine whether to log reception metrics for a service and/or whether a reception report should be uploaded after a service session of the service.

主权项

1. A method of performing reception reporting operations in middleware of a wireless device for a broadcast multimedia service, comprising:
performing, by a multicast service device client (MSDC) in the wireless device, a logical operation on reception reporting opt statuses set by a user for each application registered with a service class in which the broadcast multimedia service is defined, wherein an opt status for the service is generated as a result of the logical operation; determining, by the MSDC, whether the opt status generated for the broadcast multimedia service comprises “opt in”, which indicates the user's selection to participate in reception reporting; and uploading, by the MSDC, a resulting reception report that comprises collected defined Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics in response to determining that the opt status generated for the broadcast multimedia service comprises “opt in”.