Method for enhancing transmission quality of streaming media

A computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of enhancing transmission quality of streaming media, said method comprising:

• determining a wireless link bandwidth of a wireless link, wherein said wireless link bandwidth is determined during resource allocation of said wireless link;
• transmitting said wireless link bandwidth to a server over a wired network;
• receiving at least one streaming data packet from said server over said wired network;
• and
• transmitting at least one packet acknowledgement packet to said server over said wired network, said packet acknowledgement packet for allowing said server to determine a wired network bandwidth.

A streaming media server comprising:

• a bus;
• a receiver coupled to said bus, said receiver for receiving at least one packet acknowledgement packet for determining a first bandwidth for a first communication link of a network and for receiving a second bandwidth for a second communication link of said network;
• a transmitter coupled to said bus, said transmitter for transmitting streaming media data packets;
• a computer-readable memory coupled to said bus;
• and
• a processor coupled to said bus, said processor for performing a method of enhancing transmission quality of streaming media, said method comprising:
• determining said first bandwidth based on said packet acknowledgement packet;
• determining which of said first bandwidth and said second bandwidth is greater;
• determining excess bandwidth related to a difference between said first bandwidth and said second bandwidth;
• and
• improving transmission quality of said streaming media packets based on said excess bandwidth.