Method and apparatus for random access to multimedia content in wireless communication system

摘要

A multimedia contents random access method for a wireless communication system is provided. The live content access method of a client in a wireless communication system according to the present invention includes receiving a request for playing a content, receiving content structure information on the content from a content transfer server, receiving content segments and random access informations of the content segments from a content provision server using the content structure information, and performing, when a random access request is received, random access to the content segments using the random access information. The content random access method of the present invention is capable of accessing the content in unit of content segment such that it is possible to access a past time point in the content even before all of the content segments are received completely.

主权项

1. A live content access method of a client in a wireless communication system, comprising:
receiving a request for playing a content; receiving content structure information on the content from a content transfer server; receiving content segments and random access information of the content segments from a content provision server using location information of the content segments and location information of the random access information in the content structure information, wherein the random access information comprises a random access point, storing the content segment and the random access information, and selecting, if a random access request is received, a content sample corresponding to the random access point which is the most adjacent to a requested point to access using the random access information, wherein the content structure information comprises the location information of the content segments constituting the content and the location information of the random access information of the content segments, wherein the location information of the content segments and the location information of the random access information, each comprising a uniform resource locator (URL), are included independently in the content structure information.