Patent ID: 7310323

Claim:
Method for providing a transmission link, adapted for a streaming data traffic, to a mobile terminal connected to a discontinuous coverage network, wherein said method comprises: providing a proxy equipment comprising cache or buffer means, establishing a streaming connection or session between said proxy equipment and said mobile terminal, upon request of a service from said terminal requesting streaming data, receiving and storing at said equipment the requested streaming data from a server intended for said mobile terminal, and forwarding the received and stored streaming data from said proxy equipment to said mobile terminal if said mobile terminal is detected to be under the coverage of and/or connected to said discontinuous coverage network; wherein when the request for the service requesting the streaming data by said mobile terminal is received by said proxy equipment, said proxy equipment establishes a continuous data and signaling transmission link with the server to receive the requested streaming data, and a discontinuous data transmission link with said mobile terminal to forward the received streaming data to said mobile terminal.