Abstract:
Method and system for providing data, video and voice to a group of end user devices includes receiving end user device group quality of service rules and access network node bandwidth constraints; assigning multicast addresses and unicast addresses to end user devices of the group in response to the access node bandwidth constraints; and providing, in response to the end user device group quality of service rules and requests to receive services from the residential gateways, data, video and voice utilizing the assigned multicast addresses and unicast addresses. Further methods include receiving location information representative of distances between multiple end user devices and access nodes; defining end user bandwidth constraints in response to the location information and in response to access node bandwidth constraints; and providing, in response to the end user bandwidth constraints and to requests to receive services from the end user devices, data, compressed video and voice.
Abstract:
A system and method for generating a mosaic image stream, the method includes: retrieving, at a retrieval rate responsive to an encoding rate of a primary stream, mosaic frame information that comprises a primary frame and multiple secondary frames; generating a mosaic frame from the mosaic frame information; and repeating the retrieving and generating to provide a group of mosaic frames; wherein if a reception rate of a certain secondary stream is slower than the retrieval rate then the retrieving comprises re-fetching a secondary frame of the certain secondary stream; and wherein if a reception rate of a certain secondary stream is slower than the retrieval rate then the retrieving comprises ignoring a group of secondary frames of the certain secondary stream.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for defining a compression and reconstruction scheme of a media stream, for generating and transmitting a base media layer and enhancement data layers and for reconstructing compressed representations of the media stream from the base media layer and the enhancement data layers.
Abstract:
Method and system for providing data, video and voice to a group of end user devices includes receiving end user device group quality of service rules and access network node bandwidth constraints; assigning multicast addresses and unicast addresses to end user devices of the group in response to the access node bandwidth constraints; and providing, in response to the end user device group quality of service rules and requests to receive services from the residential gateways, data, video and voice utilizing the assigned multicast addresses and unicast addresses. Further methods include receiving location information representative of distances between multiple end user devices and access nodes; defining end user bandwidth constraints in response to the location information and in response to access node bandwidth constraints; and providing, in response to the end user bandwidth constraints and to requests to receive services from the end user devices, data, compressed video and voice.
Abstract:
The invention provides a system and method for providing timing information packets to a plurality of digital home communication terminals. The timing information can be utilized for implementing media access schemes. The system includes a timing information packet generator, for generating timing information packets and providing timing information packets to a transmitter; and a transmitter, coupled to the timing packet generator, for transmitting timing information packets to at least a plurality of digital home communication terminals, in response to the at least one frequency. The method includes the steps of: tracking the at least one frequencies; generating timing information packets; and transmitting timing information packets to the digital home communication terminals in response to the at least one frequency. Conveniently, the step of tracking including receiving information transmitted from digital home communication terminals indicative of the at least one frequency.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for defining a compression and reconstruction scheme of a media stream, for generating and transmitting a base media layer and enhancement data layers and for reconstructing compressed representations of the media stream from the base media layer and the enhancement data layers.
Abstract:
Broadband multimedia system including a communication bus, a router, connected to the communication bus and further between a plurality of media sources and a plurality of network transmitters, a session manager, connected to communication bus, where the session manager provides routing instructions to the router, for directing data received from the media sources to the network transmitters for transmitting over a broadband network.
Abstract:
A system and method for controlling the transmission of compressible packets, the method including the steps of: (a) receiving a packet that belongs to a stream; (b) determining a quality of service level of the stream; (c) scheduling a transmission of the packet during at least one time slot in response to the quality of service level, and (d) determining whether to compress the packet to provide a corresponding compressed packet, in response to at least one characteristic of at least one packet scheduled to be transmitted during the at least one time slot.
Abstract:
A method for providing service to an end user, the method includes: converting images to multiple end user device readable pictures; receiving a request from an end user to display at least one image, wherein the request is conveyed over a TVOD infrastructure; and providing the end user with a stream of end user device readable pictures that includes at least one end user device readable picture that corresponds to the requested image.
Abstract:
A system for providing visual content to a user, the system includes: a memory unit for storing information representative of a large image; an input for receiving a request to view a first portion of the large image; an encoder for processing the large image in order to generate macro-blocks and for generating an MPEG compliant video stream representative of the first portion of the large image; wherein the generating includes processing the macro-blocks that form the first portion; and a transmitter for transmitting over a cable network to the user the MPEG compliant video stream.