Bandwidth management for packet-based program service

摘要

Method, device, and storage medium for receiving a request for a program from a user device; querying bandwidth state information; identifying whether the bandwidth state information indicates that the user device is allocated bandwidth, based on a previous request for another program, that is at least equal to a required bandwidth to deliver the program; requesting a bandwidth based on an identification that the bandwidth state information indicates that the user device is not allocated bandwidth that is at least equal to the required bandwidth; receiving an indication that the requested bandwidth is provisioned; and deliver the program to the user device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
storing bandwidth state information pertaining to one or more user devices, wherein the bandwidth state information includes an amount of bandwidth allocated to each user device and communication path from each user device to a program device, and wherein the amount of bandwidth remains allocated to each user device after a requested program ends; receiving a request for a program from one of the one or more user devices; determining a bandwidth to deliver the program; querying the bandwidth state information; identifying whether the bandwidth state information indicates that the one of the one or more user devices is allocated bandwidth, based on a bandwidth allocated for a previous request for another program, that is at least equal to the determined bandwidth; requesting a bandwidth based on an identification that the bandwidth state information indicates that the one of the one or more user devices is not allocated bandwidth that is at least equal to the determined bandwidth; receiving an indication that the requested bandwidth is provisioned; and delivering the program to the one of the one or more user devices.