| 摘要 |
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for supplying content to user devices in a communication system. In a described embodiment a content proxy is provided, which receives content from a broadcast distribution network, acting as a broadcast overlay network, and provides the content to a base station. Thus content can be broadcast to the user device by the base station without requiring backhaul communication system resources to be allocated to the user. The communication with the user device may utilize shared channels. The content proxy and/or the base station may be provided with memory that enables playback of content on demand. Additionally or alternatively, the content proxy and/or the base station may be provided with memory for storing content originating at the user device prior to forward transmission through the communication system at a lower data rate than the data rate at which it was received from the user device and/or being multiplexed with other user data.
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