摘要 |
A gateway apparatus that is able to receive content over a network and that enables the content to be received by a mobile terminal connected over a radio link, is disclosed. A gateway apparatus (102) is connected to one or more of a television receiver, set top box, home server and mobile terminal from which the content may be transmitted and includes: a control and analysis unit (108) that receives information including capability of the mobile terminal and acquires codec, bit rate, resolution and file format regarding the decoding of input content including one or more of video, speech, and audio and compares the information acquired with the capability of the mobile terminal to determine whether or not conversion of the content is necessary; and a transcoder (109) that, in case it is determined that the conversion is necessary, converts one or more of codec, bit rate, resolution and file format of the content for adaptation to the capability of the mobile terminal and transmits the generated content to the mobile terminal over the radio network ( Fig.1 ). |