Patent ID: 8781447
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, to a receiver in a first network from a service provider, a request for a transmission of multimedia content to the receiver from one or more transmitters in the first network; receiving, by the service provider from the receiver in the first network, the request for the transmission of multimedia content using a first radio in the first network; providing, to the receiver in the first network, an indication for the receiver to receive a transmission of at least a portion of the multimedia content from one or more transmitters in a second network; determining link adaptation parameters of a channel encoder associated with the one or more transmitters in the second network; providing the link adaptation parameters for transmission to a receiver associated with the one or more transmitters in the second network; and transmitting the at least a portion of the multimedia content from a second radio communicatively coupled to the one or more transmitters in the second network, wherein the one or more transmitters in the second network transmit signals using a portion of spectrum allocated for TV white space.