Patent ID: 11930377
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein transferring, by the edge node, the at least one segment of the popular content for caching to the at least one UE of the plurality of UEs associated with the edge node comprises:
splitting, by the edge node, the popular content into a plurality of segments;
mapping, by the edge node, the at least one segment from the plurality of segments to a delivery mode from among a plurality of delivery modes;
determining, by the edge node, at least one cache allocation strategy based on assistance information, received in at least one message from one or more of the plurality of UEs and associated with each of the plurality of UEs;
selecting, by the edge node, the at least one UE from the plurality of UEs to act as at least one content holder for caching based on the at least one cache allocation strategy;
scheduling, by the edge node, a delivery of the at least one segment of the popular content for caching at the at least one selected UE; and
transferring, by the edge node, the at least one segment of the popular content to the at least one selected UE in the mapped delivery mode based on the scheduling.