OTT Data Transmission via Network Caching for Traffic Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile radio networks face inefficiencies in transmitting high volumes of content-related data from Over-the-top (OTT) providers, leading to capacity underutilization and increased costs, particularly during peak usage periods, which can result in speed restrictions for customers.
Innovation Solution
A method that optimizes telecommunications network capacity by transmitting content-related data via a radio interface and a further radio interface, utilizing a content delivery interface device and functionality to schedule data transfer during low-traffic periods, thereby reducing network load and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If content-related data are transmitted during peak usage periods, then customer demand is met, but network capacity is exceeded leading to speed restrictions and increased costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-fetching and storing content-related data in the telecommunications network during low-traffic periods before peak demand occurs. This allows the network to deliver content immediately during peak periods without exceeding capacity limits, as the data is already cached and ready for distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic action by scheduling data transmissions during specific low-traffic time intervals rather than continuously or on-demand during peak periods. The network monitors traffic patterns and periodically updates content caches during off-peak hours, creating a rhythmic transmission pattern that aligns with network capacity availability.
2Speed
If network capacity is increased to handle peak demand, then speed restrictions are avoided, but capital investment costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary caching mechanism within the telecommunications network that mediates between the content sources and end users. This intermediary storage capability allows the network to serve multiple users simultaneously from cached content without requiring proportional increases in backhaul capacity, thus maintaining high transmission speeds without additional infrastructure investment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies copying by creating multiple copies of content-related data and distributing them across network cache nodes during low-traffic periods. This replication strategy enables parallel data delivery to multiple users during peak demand without requiring increased single-path capacity, effectively multiplying network throughput using existing resources.
3Loss of energy
If data transmission is scheduled during low-traffic periods, then network load is reduced, but data delivery time to customers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by performing preliminary data fetch and cache population during low-traffic periods, then immediately delivering the pre-positioned content to users during peak demand. The actual user-perceived delivery time remains minimal because the data is already in the network's distributed cache when requested, eliminating the delay between request and delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided for transfer of content-related data of an Over-the-top (OTT) provider to a telecommunications device using a telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving, by the OTT provider, a request for content-related data; transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery interface device of the telecommunications network; and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider from the content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network to the telecommunications device at a predetermined time or in a predetermined time interval. The telecommunications network includes a radio interface and a further radio interface for transmission of the content-related data of the OTT.