Data Infrastructure Servers for Streaming Media Transcoding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless networks face capacity issues due to the high demand for streaming media, leading to reduced data transmission rates and potential loss of service for smartphone users, as they struggle to efficiently manage the delivery of streaming media content.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system with data infrastructure servers that transcode and cache streaming media content in wireless network regions, allowing UE devices to request and receive optimized content based on device capabilities, and using relay nodes to facilitate efficient delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If streaming media content is delivered directly over wireless networks, then content delivery is simple, but network capacity is overwhelmed and data transmission rates are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces data infrastructure servers as intermediary components between content sources and wireless network users. These servers perform transcoding of media content into multiple resolutions and formats, caching the processed content to reduce real-time network bandwidth demands. This mediator approach allows the wireless network to serve more users without overwhelming capacity constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the content delivery function by separating transcoding and caching operations from the wireless network data plane. Content is pre-transcoded into various resolutions (e.g., 320x480, 480x640, 640x960) and cached on infrastructure servers, allowing the wireless network to simply transmit pre-processed data rather than performing complex media processing in real-time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more users access streaming media services simultaneously, then service coverage increases, but data transmission rates for individual users decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary transcoding of media content into multiple resolution levels before delivery to users. Content is pre-processed and cached on data infrastructure servers, so when users connect, they receive optimized content immediately without waiting for real-time transcoding. This preliminary action enables faster data transmission rates even when many users are simultaneously accessing services.
3Productivity
If media content is transcoded and cached on infrastructure servers, then network efficiency is improved, but infrastructure complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The data infrastructure servers perform multiple functions: they serve as content caches, transcoding engines, and bandwidth management nodes. By consolidating these functions into a single infrastructure layer, the system improves network efficiency without proportionally increasing complexity. The same infrastructure components handle content delivery, format conversion, and user adaptation.
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AI summary
A system and method are disclosed for managing the wireless delivery of streaming media content to a user equipment (UE) device. A UE device establishes a network connection with a local wireless network, which in turn is associated with a wireless network region with a corresponding data infrastructure server. The UE device then requests predetermined streaming media content from the data infrastructure server. A determination is made whether the requested streaming media content is stored in transcoded form on the data infrastructure server. If so, then a control information network is implemented to transmit and receive streaming media content control data between the UE device and the data infrastructure server. In turn, the streaming media content control data is used by the data infrastructure server to control the transmission of the transcoded streaming media content over a data network for delivery to the UE device.