Stochastic adaptive streaming of content

Details Stochastic adaptive streaming of content Stochastic adaptive streaming of content

2005-11-22

2005-11-22

Vu, Viet D. (Department: 2154)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer-to-computer protocol implementing

Computer-to-computer data streaming

C709S219000, C709S224000, C709S232000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06968387

ABSTRACT:
Content is streamed from a providing device to a receiving device, where the content is successively buffered in a receiving buffer, and then successively removed for processing. Periodically, the likelihood of the receiving buffer becoming empty or reaching an unacceptable low threshold is assessed, and the streaming rate is adapted based on the result of the determination. In one embodiment, a probability is computed, modeling the packet arrival into the receiving buffer and removal as Markovian input and output processes respectively, and the receiving buffer as a single channel queue. In one embodiment, the likelihood is determined by the content providing device, based at least in part on feedback information from the content receiving device, and the streaming rate is stochastically adapted accordingly.

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