Decoding media streams within thresholds

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

• selecting a time window for monitoring discontinuities in a plurality of packets in a media transmission stream having a first time and a second time, the time window having a first time indicating the beginning of the time window and a second time indicating the end of the time window;
• determining a number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets at the first time at a network node;
• determining the number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets at the second time at the network node;
• determining the number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets within the time window;
• comparing the number of discontinuities within the time widow to a plurality of predefined discontinuities threshold values;
• and
• decoding one or more of the plurality of packets in the media transmission stream based upon, at least in part, the comparison of the number of discontinuities within the time widow to the plurality of predefined discontinuities threshold values,

A computing system comprising:

• at least one processor device, and at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;
• the at least one processor device configured to:
• select a time window for monitoring discontinuities in a plurality of packets in a media transmission stream having a first time and a second time, the time window having a first time indicating the beginning of the time window and a second time indicating the end of the time window;
• determine a number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets at the first time at a network node;
• determine the number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets at the second time at the network node;
• determine the number of discontinuities in the plurality of packets within the time window;
• compare the number of discontinuities within the time widow to a plurality of predefined discontinuities threshold values;
• and
• decode one or more of the plurality of packets in the media transmission stream based upon, at least in part, the comparison of the number of discontinuities within the time widow to the plurality of predefined discontinuities threshold values.