ARRANGMENT AND METHOD IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to an arrangement and method for a mobile telecommunication network comprising a policy node (PCRF) connected to a gateway (GGSN) and a streaming server, respectively, for selecting to distribute a content with unicast or broadcast/ multicast from the streaming server to users via the core network and the radio network, wherein the arrangement comprises means for initiating a streaming content distribution by a unicast distribution. The arrangement comprises means for retrieving content information from the streaming server, means for retrieving geographical information to determine a geographical position for said users, means for processing the retrieved content information and the retrieved geographical information to determine the number of users consuming the content within a predefined geographical area, and means for selecting to distribute the content by unicast or broadcast/ multicast based on the determined number of users consuming the content within a predefined geographical area.