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US 9,438,653 B2Granted
Method for providing an adaptive streaming service
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsBart De Vleeschauwer, Rafael Huysegems
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AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsBart De Vleeschauwer, Rafael Huysegems
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A method for providing a streaming service from a server to a client, comprises the steps of requesting respective consecutive segments (SIQ1, S2Q2, S3Q3) by said client from said server, each consecutive segment being requested with an associated requested quality (Q1, Q2, Q3), at respective timing instances being determined by said client based on a timing parameter (PipelineEmptyEstimate), determined by said client, of the channel occupancy between said client and said server, such that a next request for a next segment can be transmitted by said client to said server, before complete receipt of the previous segment by said client. A client adapted to perform this method is disclosed as well.
A method for providing a streaming service from a server to a client, said method comprising the steps of requesting respective consecutive segments by said client from said server, each consecutive segment being requested by said client with an associated requested quality, at respective timing instances, being determined by said client based on a timing parameter, related to the channel occupancy between said client and said server, such that a next request for a next segment can be transmitted by said client to said server, before complete receipt of the previous segment by said client, wherein said timing instances are further determined based on the occupancy level of a client receipt buffer to which said respective segments are provided by said server.
A client adapted to receive a streaming service of a server arrangement said client being adapted to request respective consecutive segments from said server, at respective instances in time, said client being further adapted to determine a timing parameter, related to the channel occupancy between said client and said server, and to determine the timing instances of the respective requests of said consecutive segments based on said timing parameter such that a next request for a next segment can be transmitted by said client to said server, before complete receipt of the previous segment by said client, said client being further adapted to determine said timing instances based on the occupancy level of a client receipt buffer within said client adapted to receive and temporarily store said respective segments from said server.
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