Method of transmitting layered video-coded information

A method comprising:

• receiving video data to be coded into a video-coded frame;
• requesting information relating to a current available capacity of a network for sending high priority data based on transmission data on the network to yield a request;
• receiving capacity information in response to the request;
• and
• encoding the video data as a video-coded base layer frame if the capacity information indicates that the network has capacity available to send high priority data, wherein the video-coded base layer frame has a lower priority when the capacity below a threshold, while the video-coded base layer frame has a priority level equal to previously transmitted data and a lower quality than the previously transmitted data when the network capacity is above the threshold, wherein receipt of base layer frames in the network is randomized.

A method comprising:

• requesting capacity information from a network;
• analyzing the capacity information to determine a network capacity for transmitting additional encoded data;
• when the network capacity is below a threshold, encoding the additional encoded data as base layer encoded data at a lower priority than a first priority level at which previously transmitted encoded data was transmitted;
• when the network capacity is not below the threshold, encoding the additional encoded data as base layer encoded data at the first priority level and a lower quality than the first priority level;
• and
• transmitting the additional encoded data, wherein transmission of high priority encoded data into the network is randomized.