US 11,750,678 B2
Manifest based CMAF content preparation template for 5G networks
Iraj Sodagar, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,919.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,803, filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368753 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 65/752 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/752 (2022.05) [H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of content preparation for a 5G media streaming (5GMS) network performed by at least one processor, the method comprising:
receiving content to be prepared for the 5GMS network;
receiving a content preparation template (CPT), wherein the CPT includes a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (DASH) Media Presentation Description (MPD) that specifies input characteristics of an input Common Media Application Format (CMAF) track corresponding to the content, output characteristics of a set of output CMAF tracks corresponding to the content, and a plurality encoding parameters corresponding to the set of output CMAF tracks, wherein the MPD includes at least one additional descriptor that includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) corresponding to at least one encoding parameter from the plurality of encoding parameters;
preparing the content according to the CPT; and
streaming the prepared content over the 5GMS network to a media streaming client.