QUALCOMM Incorporated
SWIFT CONTENT DOWNLOAD USING SMART LINK AGGREGATION

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and devices are provided for supporting hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) download of a content item by a computing device. Various embodiments may enable swift content download (SCD). Once SCD is triggered, the current request to the server may be closed. SCD partitions the content into fragments (e.g., byte ranges) spanning the entire file content, and then simultaneously requests the fragments individually over multiple HTTP requests in a multi-threaded framework leveraging multiple network connections and interfaces (e.g., WiFi and 3G/4G/5G).