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Method of distributing content from a source to at least one destination in a content delivery network

A content delivery network and destination technology, applied in the field of content distribution, can solve the problems of not being able to pause or rewind a multicast stream for a single user, consuming large network bandwidth, and difficult to deliver on-demand content.

Active Publication Date: 2020-07-10
BRITISH TELECOMM PLC
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However, unicasting of all content is undesirable in most networks as it results in significant duplication of content sent across the network and consumes large amounts of network bandwidth
[0005] Difficulties exist when using multicast delivery techniques to deliver on-demand content to multiple end-hosts; for example, not being able to pause or rewind a multicast stream for a single user who wishes to join the stream at a later stage, which may be the case when ingesting on-demand content Such
This may result in a new host having to establish a unicast stream for the content and receive that unicast stream, no matter how little the multicast stream may be advanced in time from the start of the piece of content

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[0046] As stated above, aspects of the system described herein create multiple time-staggered multicast streams for the same piece of content. In some embodiments, the source uses intelligent data analysis to decide which hosts should subscribe to which of those (one or more) multicast streams. The source can then trigger the host to subscribe to the selected stream. Hosts reassemble multiple streams that provided data from different origins and leave the multicast tree once they no longer receive unreplicated content from the multicast tree. This affects host and group membership and also results in better use of network resources by minimizing the number of unicast streams in the network for a piece of content. Embodiments of each of the above stated elements are now described in more detail, but first an embodiment of a network in which the present system may be implemented is described.

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A method of distributing content from a source to at least one destination in a content delivery network. Methods and systems for distributing content in a network, in particular a multicast network, are described. One method includes delivering content from a source to a destination in a content delivery network. A request for a piece of content is received and a first multicast stream is identified or established, the first multicast stream including a first copy of the content. At least one second multicast stream is also identified or established, the second stream including a second copy of the content. The second copy of the content is time-shifted by a time M from a corresponding portion of the first copy of the content. The content is then delivered to the destination using both the first multicast stream and the second multicast stream.

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technical field [0001] The system relates to distributing content in a network, and in particular embodiments, to distributing on-demand content in a multicast network. Background technique [0002] Delivering large amounts of data to multiple users or end hosts can impose a significant burden on the network. Data can be broadcast over the network and picked up by recipients interested in obtaining the data. However, there may be entire sectors of the network in which there are no desired recipients of the data, so broadcasting data to these network portions wastes network bandwidth. An alternative is to use a unicast method to send the data directly to only those users who have requested it. However, this may result in a large number of duplicated content being sent over the network, which again may cause congestion of the network and affect the reliability and quality of service (QoS) of other data sent in the network. [0003] Multicast technology can be used to distri...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L29/06H04N21/61
CPCH04L65/80H04N21/6125H04N21/6405H04L65/611H04L65/612H04L67/52
Inventor V·卡斯基延D·瑙克
Owner BRITISH TELECOMM PLC