Techniques to wirelessly transmit data

摘要

Techniques are described to transmit multimedia content to a mobile station using a combination of a mobile/cellular network as well as a TV Whitespace (TVWS) network. Scalable video coding can be used to transmit a baseline layer of multi-media content using the mobile/cellular network and one or more enhancement layers over the TVWS channels. Joint source-channel coding can be used to adjust the transmission scheme used by mobile/cellular and/or TVWS based on end user experience.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing, to a receiver in a first network from a service provider, a request for a transmission of multimedia content to the receiver from one or more transmitters in the first network; receiving, by the service provider from the receiver in the first network, the request for the transmission of multimedia content using a first radio in the first network; providing, to the receiver in the first network, an indication for the receiver to receive a transmission of at least a portion of the multimedia content from one or more transmitters in a second network; determining link adaptation parameters of a channel encoder associated with the one or more transmitters in the second network; providing the link adaptation parameters for transmission to a receiver associated with the one or more transmitters in the second network; and transmitting the at least a portion of the multimedia content from a second radio communicatively coupled to the one or more transmitters in the second network, wherein the one or more transmitters in the second network transmit signals using a portion of spectrum allocated for TV white space.