Reverse Address Mapping for 5G Media Content Preparation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current 5G media streaming architectures lack a comprehensive process for handling content preparation when content is missing, particularly in complex scenarios involving multiple original content pieces, as they rely on simple rewriting processes that are insufficient for generating required content pieces.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a reverse address mapping process within the content preparation template to calculate and generate media content addresses, enabling a more comprehensive workflow for content preparation and addressing missing content by back-propagation of reverse address mappings across cascaded content preparation templates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If simple rewriting processes are used for content preparation, then the process is simple and fast, but it is insufficient for generating required content pieces in complex scenarios involving multiple original content pieces

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent preparation efficiencyVSAvoidcontent generation completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies reverse address mapping to calculate original content addresses from generated content addresses. Instead of forward mapping from original to generated content, the system inverts the process by using the generated content address to trace back and identify the required original content pieces, enabling comprehensive content collection in complex scenarios

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary content preparation by calculating and identifying all required original content pieces before actual content generation. The reverse address mapping process pre-determines which original content pieces are needed, allowing the system to fetch and prepare them in advance, ensuring completeness before the streaming process begins

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If reverse address mapping is implemented to handle complex content scenarios, then content generation completeness is improved, but the process complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent generation completenessVSAvoidcontent preparation process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reverse address mapping process serves multiple functions: it calculates original content addresses, identifies required content pieces, and generates workflow instructions. This multi-functional approach consolidates several operations into a single unified process, managing complexity through functional integration rather than multiplication

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If reverse address mapping is used to calculate media content addresses, then accuracy of content identification is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent address calculation accuracyVSAvoidcontent preparation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs reverse address mapping and content identification in advance during the content preparation phase, before actual streaming begins. By completing the address calculation and content identification preliminarily, the system ensures accuracy while minimizing the time impact on the actual content delivery process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4100843B1Method and apparatus for reverse address mapping when using content preparation in 5g networks
Publication Date: 2025.01.08 TENCENT AMERICA LLC
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AI summary

A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for media content preparation for 5G networks. A reverse address mapping process for 5G media streaming associated with a content preparation process is identified. A media content address is calculated based on the identified reverse address mapping process. A workflow is generated for the content preparation process based on the calculated media content address. 5G media streaming content preparation is performed according to the workflow of the content preparation process.