Near-Live Content Transmission With Telemetry-Based Uplink Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content distribution architectures fail to adapt to dynamic delivery of content from user terminals without pre-established contracts, leading to unsatisfactory content ingestion due to unknown uplink characteristics, resulting in degraded quality and user experience, particularly impacting e-commerce sites.
Innovation Solution
A method for controlling content transmission by measuring actual telemetry data against expected telemetry data to trigger compensation based on compliance with negotiated transmission conditions, ensuring quality of delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the piece of provider equipment transmits content at the highest possible rate and resolution, then the content quality at the source is maximized, but the uplink may become overloaded causing data loss and transmission errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the ingest node sends telemetry data about actual uplink characteristics (available rate, latency, packet loss) back to the provider equipment. This feedback loop enables the provider equipment to dynamically adjust its transmission parameters to match the actual uplink capacity, preventing overload while maintaining optimal quality. The conditional compensation mechanism reinforces this feedback by financially incentivizing compliance with negotiated transmission conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static pre-established contracts to dynamic adaptation. The provider equipment continuously adjusts its transmission rate and quality based on real-time uplink conditions received through telemetry data. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to optimize content quality while adapting to changing network conditions, preventing both overload and underutilization of the uplink capacity.
2Reliability
If the piece of provider equipment transmits content at a lower rate to ensure reliable transmission, then transmission reliability is improved, but content quality and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The feedback mechanism provides real-time information about actual uplink performance, enabling the provider equipment to transmit at the maximum quality level that the uplink can actually support. This eliminates the need to arbitrarily reduce quality for reliability, as the system now knows the true capacity limits through continuous telemetry monitoring and dynamic adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes transmission parameters (rate, resolution, bitrate) based on actual uplink characteristics measured through telemetry. Instead of using fixed conservative parameters, the system continuously optimizes parameters to match actual network conditions, achieving both high quality and reliability when the uplink can support them.
3Manufacturing precision
If pre-established contracts are required between content providers and CDN operators, then transmission conditions and quality standards can be guaranteed, but the system cannot adapt to dynamic delivery from user terminals without contracts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal mechanism that serves both traditional contracted content providers and new user terminals without contracts. The conditional compensation framework and telemetry-based quality control can be applied universally to any content source, whether it has a pre-established contract or not. This multi-functional approach maintains quality control while enabling flexible participation from diverse content providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary control mechanism that mediates between the provider equipment and the ingest node. This intermediary layer (the conditional compensation and telemetry system) enables quality control and adaptation without requiring direct pre-established contracts between parties. The intermediary facilitates dynamic negotiation and enforcement of transmission conditions, bridging the gap between contracted and non-contracted providers.
4Ease of operation
If the piece of provider equipment does not know the available upstream rate of the uplink, then the equipment can transmit without complex control mechanisms, but the content ingestion quality becomes unsatisfactory and user experience degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The provider equipment automatically obtains and uses telemetry data about uplink characteristics to self-adjust its transmission parameters. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring uplink performance and adapting its content delivery without requiring manual configuration or complex external control. This self-service approach maintains operational simplicity while significantly improving ingestion quality through data-driven adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
The feedback mechanism provides the provider equipment with information about actual uplink characteristics, enabling it to make informed decisions about transmission quality and rate. This feedback transforms the simple transmit-receive model into an intelligent adaptive system that automatically optimizes content delivery based on real-time network conditions, improving quality without adding significant operational complexity.
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AI summary
A solution for controlling the transmission of at least one near-live item of content from a user equipment to an ingest node of a content delivery network. Such a solution comprises the following: measuring a value of at least one actual telemetry datum relating to the transmission of at least one constituent data packet of the item of content; comparing the value of at least one actual telemetry datum with a value of at least one expected telemetry relating to the transmission of the at least one constituent data packet of the item of content; when the value of the actual telemetry datum and the value of the expected telemetry datum correspond, triggering, to the benefit of the content delivery network, a reward relating to the transmission of the content.