Efficient delivery of real-time synchronous services over a wireless network
Systems and methods are described for providing efficient delivery of real-time services over a large area broadband LTE wireless network, where base station optimization servers are provided within the wireless network to reduce the resources required for applications streaming data to a plurality of mobile cellular devices, such as where a base station optimization server is connected to first and second mobile transceiver devices via redirected bearers such that the base station optimization server may route an application data packet stream from the base station optimization server to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices connect to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream and wherein use of the back haul network is minimized.
1. A system comprising:
a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network,
wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of: (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server,
wherein the base station optimization server is configured to connect to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on an initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, wherein the base station optimization server is adapted to route an application data packet stream, on behalf of an application that provides streaming application data, from the base station optimization server to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the base station optimization server is adapted to run the application that provides streaming application data.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein delivery of the application data packet streams to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices occurs without incurring any use of the back haul network transmission path.
4. A system comprising:
a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network;
wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station, so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of: (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server;
wherein the base station optimization server is configured to connect to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on an initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, and wherein the base station optimization server is adapted to route an application data packet stream, on behalf of a first application that provides streaming application data, to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream from the base station optimization server, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network; and
a regional optimization server connected with a packet data network gateway (PGW) on the packet data network side of the PGW and adapted to run a second application for providing streaming data services to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, the regional optimization server being adapted to route the application data packet stream being delivered to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices to the base station optimization server, on behalf of the second application that provides streaming application data.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second application runs either on the regional optimization server or on a server remote from a boundary of a cellular LTE wireless network that encompasses the cellular LTE base transceiver station.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein application data packets are stored at least at the regional optimization server or on the server remote from the boundary of the cellular LTE wireless network and transmitted to and stored on the base station optimization server if the number of mobile transceiver devices of a plurality of mobile transceiver devices within the RF coverage area of the cellular LTE base transceiver station which request the streaming application data exceeds a first threshold number of mobile transceiver devices.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein a third application runs on the base station optimization server, and stores the application data packets for later distribution to mobile transceiver devices that request the streaming application data through corresponding redirected bearers at the cellular LTE base transceiver station.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first threshold number is determined through a usage-based algorithm.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein delivery of the application data packet streams from the base station optimization server to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices occurs without incurring any use of the back haul network as a result of the application data being stored on the base station optimization server.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the application data packets stored on the base station optimization server are deleted if the number of mobile transceiver devices of a plurality of mobile transceiver devices within the RF coverage area of the cellular LTE base transceiver station which subscribe to the streaming application data subsequently drops below a second threshold number of mobile transceiver devices for a predetermined interval of time.
11. A method comprising:
providing a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network,
wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of: (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server, the base station optimization server being connected to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on the initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices; and
routing an application data packet stream by the base station optimization server, on behalf of an application that provides streaming application data, from the base station optimization server to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network.
12. A method comprising:
providing a base station optimization server connected to a back haul network and adapted for association with a cellular LTE base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with at least a first and a second mobile transceiver device in the RF coverage area, the cellular LTE base transceiver station being connected to the back haul network;
wherein the base station optimization server is connected to the cellular LTE base transceiver station and connected to the back haul network in parallel with the cellular LTE base transceiver station, so as to permit a data packet to flow between any of: (a) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the back haul network, (b) the base station optimization server and the back haul network, and (c) the cellular LTE base transceiver station and the base station optimization server;
wherein the base station optimization server is configured to connect to each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via a corresponding LTE bearer that is redirected through the cellular LTE base transceiver station to terminate on the base station optimization server instead of on an initial termination point of that bearer for each of the first and the second mobile transceiver devices;
routing an application data packet stream by the base station optimization server on behalf of a first application that provides streaming application data, to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices via the corresponding redirected bearer that each mobile transceiver device has at the cellular LTE base transceiver station when both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices make a corresponding connection to request the application data, such that both the first and the second mobile transceiver devices receive concurrently at least a common portion of the application data packet stream from the base station optimization server, and wherein the delivery of the application data packet stream occurs while incurring a minimal use of the back haul network;
providing a regional optimization server connected with a packet data network gateway (PGW) on the packet data network side of the PGW and adapted to run a second application for providing streaming data services to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices; and
routing, by the regional optimization server, to the base station optimization server, the streamed application data being delivered to the first and the second mobile transceiver devices, on behalf of the second application that provides streaming application data.