US 12,224,840 B2
Delivering and handling media content in a wireless communication network
Athul Prasad, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/284,165
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FI2018/050752
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/079320, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336684 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0632 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processing core, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
receive from a network node a transmission using a set of beams, wherein the transmission comprises at least directional media content, wherein the directional media content is comprised of a plurality of tiles, and wherein a respective beam of the set of beams is associated with a respective tile of the plurality of tiles;
estimate a viewing direction based on directional properties of at least one beam of the set of beams, wherein the directional properties comprise at least a direction tag associated with the at least one beam;
select a tile of the plurality of tiles associated with the directional media content based on the estimated viewing direction; and
display the tile of the directional media content on a mobile device.