SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS OF TRANSPORT STREAMS

摘要

Systems and methods for allocating transport streams to allow simultaneous delivery of at least two media assets using a single stream selector are provided. In particular, a user's request to simultaneously receive more than two media assets may be received. An indicator may indicate to the control circuitry that the requested media assets are linked as a block of media asset. The control circuitry may identify a transport stream with enough bandwidth to transport the block of linked media assets. After identifying such a transport stream, the control circuitry may allocate the linked media assets to the transport stream. To conserve system bandwidths, control circuitry may advantageously determine which transport stream should transport the media assets in such a way that the utilizations of all transport streams are efficiently maximized.