Delivery of media content to a media device via multiple data packet streams

Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a customer premises equipment (CPE) device from a data source, media content requested by a media device. The method includes determining, at the CPE device, a number of concurrent media connections to establish to the media device based on a workload of the customer premises device. The method includes establishing the number of concurrent communication connections between the CPE device and the media device. The method also includes sending the media content as data packets via data packet streams to the media device from the customer premises equipment device. A data packet stream of the data packet streams is sent via each communication connection of the concurrent communication connections. Each data packet stream includes less than all data packets of the media content, and the media device processes the data packets received via the data packet streams to generate media content output.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A media device, comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:   causing a first plurality of concurrent communication connections to be established with a customer premises equipment device via a local area network, wherein the causing enables the customer premises equipment device to provide media content to the media device over the first plurality of concurrent communication connections;   obtaining, based on the causing, a plurality of streams of data packets from the customer premises equipment device, wherein the media content is divided into the plurality of streams of data packets, and wherein each concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections carries a respective stream of data packets of the plurality of streams of data packets; and   after ending a first concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections due to a prior detected increase in a workload at the customer premises equipment device, re-enabling the first concurrent communication connection, wherein the re-enabling is based on a subsequent detected decrease in the workload at the customer premises equipment device and results in division of the media content to be adjusted for delivery via the first plurality of concurrent communication connections.   
     
     
         2 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the ending of the first concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections results in a second plurality of concurrent communication connections remaining with the customer premises equipment device. 
     
     
         3 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the causing the first plurality of concurrent communication connections to be established is based on the workload at the customer premises equipment device. 
     
     
         4 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the causing the first plurality of concurrent communication connections to be established is based on a quantity of concurrent communication connections supported by the customer premises equipment device. 
     
     
         5 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the causing the first plurality of concurrent communication connections to be established is based on a quantity of concurrent communication connections supported by the media device. 
     
     
         6 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the local area network comprises a wireless network. 
     
     
         7 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the plurality of streams of data packets from the customer premises equipment device comprises obtaining the plurality of streams of data packets via time division multiple access, frequency division multiple access, code division multiple access, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The media device of  claim 1 , wherein the customer premises equipment device receives the media content from a data source. 
     
     
         9 . The media device of  claim 8 , wherein the customer premises equipment device receives the media content from the data source over a third plurality of concurrent communication connections established between the customer premises equipment device and the data source, and wherein the third plurality of concurrent communication connections is equal to the first plurality of concurrent communication connections. 
     
     
         10 . The media device of  claim 8 , wherein the data source is communicatively coupled to the local area network. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system of a media device including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 establishing a first plurality of concurrent communication connections with a customer premises equipment device via a local area network to receive media content;   receiving, based on the establishing, a plurality of streams of data packets from the customer premises equipment device, wherein the media content is divided into the plurality of streams of data packets, and wherein each concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections delivers a respective stream of data packets of the plurality of streams of data packets; and   after ending a first concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections due to a prior detected increase in a workload at the customer premises equipment device, re-enabling the first concurrent communication connection, wherein the re-enabling is based on a subsequent detected decrease in the workload at the customer premises equipment device and results in division of the media content to be adjusted based on the first plurality of concurrent communication connections.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the establishing the first plurality of concurrent communication connections is based on a quantity of concurrent communication connections supported by the customer premises equipment device. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the establishing the first plurality of concurrent communication connections is based on a quantity of concurrent communication connections supported by the media device. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the local area network comprises a wireless network. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the receiving the plurality of streams of data packets from the customer premises equipment device comprises receiving the plurality of streams of data packets via time division multiple access, frequency division multiple access, code division multiple access, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         16 . A method, comprising:
 causing, by a processing system of a media device including a processor, a first plurality of concurrent communication connections to be established with a customer premises equipment device via a local area network, wherein the causing enables the customer premises equipment device to provide media content, obtained from a source device on the local area network, to the media device over the first plurality of concurrent communication connections;   receiving, by the processing system and based on the causing, a plurality of streams of data packets from the customer premises equipment device, wherein the media content is divided into the plurality of streams of data packets, and wherein each concurrent communication connection of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections provides a respective stream of data packets of the plurality of streams of data packets; and   after ending multiple concurrent communication connections of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections due to a prior detected increase in a workload at the customer premises equipment device, re-enabling, by the processing system, the multiple concurrent communication connections, wherein the re-enabling is based on a subsequent detected decrease in the workload at the customer premises equipment device and results in division of the media content to be adjusted for delivery via the first plurality of concurrent communication connections.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the ending the multiple concurrent communication connections of the first plurality of concurrent communication connections results in a second plurality of concurrent communication connections remaining with the customer premises equipment device. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the customer premises equipment device receives the media content from the source device over a third plurality of concurrent communication connections established between the customer premises equipment device and the source device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the third plurality of concurrent communication connections is equal to the first plurality of concurrent communication connections. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the source device sends the media content to the customer premises equipment device via a public wide area network.