Patent ID: 8910217

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a server device and from a network device, information associated with an event; using the event information and a stored template to identify multiple small cells and a geographic location associated with an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) single frequency network (MBSFN); assigning, by the server device, an event identifier to the event based on the event information; providing, by the server device, the event identifier to a cell control device located at a location associated with the event; determining, by the server device, a cell capacity of the multiple small cells at the geographic location to ensure that there is sufficient cell capacity at the location associated with the event to broadcast the event to a plurality of user devices associated with attendees at the event, via an eMBMS session; configuring an access network to the MBSFN, wherein the network device instructs a device capturing multimedia content at the event to provide live event data to the cell control device for a predetermined time period; and provisioning, at an expiration of the predetermined time period, the multiple small cells for unicast service with respect to the plurality of user devices.