USING NETWORK ASSISTANCE PROTOCOL FOR IMPROVING NETWORK UTILIZATION

摘要

An apparatus, system and method are provided for improving bandwidth utilization between an electronic device that consumes data content and a network server that provides the data content to the electronic device. Information is exchanged between the electronic device and the network server, the information indicative of at least one of activity on the electronic device or available bandwidth from the network server. The network server dynamically allocates bandwidth to the electronic device based on the exchanged information.