GB2532132A - A method and system for facilitating content distribution - Google Patents

A method and system for facilitating content distribution Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2532132A
GB2532132A GB1518163.9A GB201518163A GB2532132A GB 2532132 A GB2532132 A GB 2532132A GB 201518163 A GB201518163 A GB 201518163A GB 2532132 A GB2532132 A GB 2532132A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
test
status
node
configuration information
delivery network
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
GB1518163.9A
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
GB201518163D0 (en
Inventor
S Dallacqua Jeff
J Blankenship Stephen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Kollective Tech Inc
Original Assignee
Kollective Tech Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Kollective Tech Inc filed Critical Kollective Tech Inc
Publication of GB201518163D0 publication Critical patent/GB201518163D0/en
Publication of GB2532132A publication Critical patent/GB2532132A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/50—Testing arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/65—Transmission of management data between client and server
    • H04N21/658—Transmission by the client directed to the server
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/08—Configuration management of networks or network elements
    • H04L41/0803—Configuration setting
    • H04L41/0806—Configuration setting for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/08—Configuration management of networks or network elements
    • H04L41/0866—Checking the configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/08—Configuration management of networks or network elements
    • H04L41/0876—Aspects of the degree of configuration automation
    • H04L41/0886—Fully automatic configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/22—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/04—Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
    • H04L43/045—Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
    • H04L43/0805—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability
    • H04L43/0817—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability by checking functioning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/60—Network streaming of media packets
    • H04L65/61—Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
    • H04L65/611—Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for multicast or broadcast
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N17/00—Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
    • H04N17/04—Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details for receivers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44245—Monitoring the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. its availability, bandwidth
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/647—Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless
    • H04N21/64723—Monitoring of network processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of network load
    • H04N21/64738—Monitoring network characteristics, e.g. bandwidth, congestion level
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/50—Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
    • H04L41/5061—Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers, e.g. customer relationship management
    • H04L41/5067—Customer-centric QoS measurements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/06—Generation of reports
    • H04L43/067—Generation of reports using time frame reporting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
    • H04L43/0852—Delays
    • H04L43/087—Jitter

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
  • Computer And Data Communications (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
GB1518163.9A 2014-10-16 2015-10-14 A method and system for facilitating content distribution Withdrawn GB2532132A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US14/516,517 US9871716B2 (en) 2014-10-16 2014-10-16 Broadcast readiness testing in distributed content delivery networks

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB201518163D0 GB201518163D0 (en) 2015-11-25
GB2532132A true GB2532132A (en) 2016-05-11

Family

ID=54337415

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB1518163.9A Withdrawn GB2532132A (en) 2014-10-16 2015-10-14 A method and system for facilitating content distribution

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US9871716B2 (enExample)
EP (1) EP3207666B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP6720157B2 (enExample)
GB (1) GB2532132A (enExample)
WO (1) WO2016060873A1 (enExample)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10067955B1 (en) * 2014-12-08 2018-09-04 Conviva Inc. Custom video metrics management platform
US10116547B2 (en) * 2015-05-19 2018-10-30 Ca, Inc. Coverage policy-based testing in computer networks
US20170126538A1 (en) * 2015-10-28 2017-05-04 Fastly, Inc. Testing in a content delivery network
US11067129B2 (en) 2019-09-18 2021-07-20 Aktiebolaget Skf Rolling bearing for refrigerant compressor
CN113965551B (zh) * 2020-07-03 2024-09-13 北京金山云网络技术有限公司 流媒体场景的测试方法、装置及系统、存储介质
US12407897B2 (en) * 2020-12-04 2025-09-02 Kollective Technology, Inc. Peer-managed content distribution network

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070271590A1 (en) * 2006-05-10 2007-11-22 Clarestow Corporation Method and system for detecting of errors within streaming audio/video data
US20100058409A1 (en) * 2008-08-29 2010-03-04 Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc. Audio and video testing methodology
WO2010079954A2 (en) * 2009-01-06 2010-07-15 Lg Electronics Inc. An iptv receiver and an method of managing video functionality and video quality on a screen in the iptv receiver
WO2013056123A2 (en) * 2011-10-14 2013-04-18 T-Mobile USA, Inc Quality of user experience testing for video transmissions

Family Cites Families (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6782506B1 (en) 1998-02-12 2004-08-24 Newriver, Inc. Obtaining consent for electronic delivery of compliance information
US6604086B1 (en) 1998-07-20 2003-08-05 Usa Technologies, Inc. Electronic commerce terminal connected to a vending machine operable as a telephone
US6785704B1 (en) * 1999-12-20 2004-08-31 Fastforward Networks Content distribution system for operation over an internetwork including content peering arrangements
US6990616B1 (en) 2000-04-24 2006-01-24 Attune Networks Ltd. Analysis of network performance
AU2002324615A1 (en) 2001-08-04 2003-02-24 Kontiki, Inc. Method and apparatus for facilitating secure distributed content delivery across a computer network
US7450524B2 (en) 2003-06-30 2008-11-11 Kontiki, Inc. Method and apparatus for determining network topology in a peer-to-peer network
US7373415B1 (en) 2003-07-31 2008-05-13 Yahoo! Inc. System and method for monitoring delivery of digital content, including streaming media
US7349358B2 (en) 2003-10-06 2008-03-25 Kontiki, Inc. Method and apparatus for optimizing content delivery on local subnets
WO2011159986A1 (en) 2010-06-17 2011-12-22 Yale University Testing live streaming systems
US9578081B2 (en) * 2011-02-02 2017-02-21 Imvu, Inc. System and method for providing an actively invalidated client-side network resource cache

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070271590A1 (en) * 2006-05-10 2007-11-22 Clarestow Corporation Method and system for detecting of errors within streaming audio/video data
US20100058409A1 (en) * 2008-08-29 2010-03-04 Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc. Audio and video testing methodology
WO2010079954A2 (en) * 2009-01-06 2010-07-15 Lg Electronics Inc. An iptv receiver and an method of managing video functionality and video quality on a screen in the iptv receiver
WO2013056123A2 (en) * 2011-10-14 2013-04-18 T-Mobile USA, Inc Quality of user experience testing for video transmissions

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US20160112295A1 (en) 2016-04-21
WO2016060873A1 (en) 2016-04-21
EP3207666B1 (en) 2020-05-06
US9871716B2 (en) 2018-01-16
JP2017532687A (ja) 2017-11-02
JP6720157B2 (ja) 2020-07-08
EP3207666A1 (en) 2017-08-23
GB201518163D0 (en) 2015-11-25

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP3207666B1 (en) Broadcast readiness testing in distributed content delivery networks
US9432454B2 (en) Cloud-to-cloud peering
US10848436B1 (en) Dynamic bitrate range selection in the cloud for optimized video streaming
KR101353103B1 (ko) 콘텐츠 전송을 가능하게 하기 위한 방법, 콘텐츠 전송 방법 및 콘텐츠의 표시 방법
US11089076B1 (en) Automated detection of capacity for video streaming origin server
CN108810657B (zh) 一种设置视频封面的方法和系统
JP6523447B2 (ja) 分散型コンテンツ配信ネットワークにおけるブロードキャスト送信中の適応ビットレート
US11632588B2 (en) Measuring the performance of a peer-managed content distribution network
WO2018232796A1 (zh) 一种流媒体文件处理方法及直播系统
US10341035B2 (en) Method for continuously playing, on a client device, a content broadcast within a peer-to-peer network
JP2022141644A (ja) グループビデオ通話におけるサイマルキャストストリームを最適化するためのシステムおよび方法
US10862994B1 (en) Facilitating client decisions
US20230209105A1 (en) Content distribution and optimization system and method for deriving new metrics and multiple use cases of data consumers using base event metrics
US20200366967A1 (en) Method and system for monitoring quality of streaming media
CN103297861A (zh) 一种基于PeerSim的P2P视频点播仿真系统
US9681163B1 (en) Identify bad files using QoS data
WO2011159986A1 (en) Testing live streaming systems
Maccari et al. Live video streaming for community networks, experimenting with peerstreamer on the ninux community
Hecht et al. Liveshift: Mesh-pull live and time-shifted p2p video streaming
Bhargava et al. Comparative evaluation of user perceived quality assessment of design strategies for HTTP-based adaptive streaming
US20210084088A1 (en) Bandwidth Efficient Streaming And Syching Multimedia Content At A Desired Quality of Experience
CN112449202B (zh) 视频直播方法
Hecht LiveShift: a time-shifted P2P multimedia streaming approach
Pussep Peer-assisted video-on-demand: cost reduction and performance enhancement for users, overlay providers, and network operators
Karthikeyan An Evaluation of a Nationwide TV Service

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
WAP Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1)