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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJohn Pickens, Kirk Blattman, W. Paul Sherer
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A technique for streaming digital video content to a client involves providing a new stream of digital video content to the client using forward error correction (FEC) for a limited initial period and then ending the use of FEC after the limited initial period has ended. In an embodiment, during the limited initial period, the digital video content is provided to the client at a rate that is slightly higher than the playout rate in order to allow a client buffer to accumulate digital video content. FEC continues to be used until the client buffer is sufficiently populated such that lost or damaged frames can be retransmitted to the client before the corresponding digital video content is needed for playout. Once the client buffer is sufficiently populated, FEC is ended and retransmission is used to maintain the quality of the streamed digital video content.
A method for streaming digital video content to clients in a digital video network, the method comprising:
A method for servicing channel change requests in a digital video network that is capable of distributing digital video content to clients via multicasting and unicasting, the method comprising:
A method for servicing channel change requests in a digital video network that is capable of distributing digital video content to clients via multicasting and unicasting, the method comprising:
A system for streaming digital video content to clients in a digital video network, the system comprising:
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