US 9,866,495 B2 · Method and apparatus for buffering data

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for buffering data, which can perform highly reliable buffering processing on a received first data packet and further improve user experience. The method includes: receiving a first data packet; determining whether to perform accelerated transmission on data in the first data packet; and if it is determined not to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, using a first manner to buffer the first data packet; and if it is determined to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, using a second manner to buffer the first data packet, where a buffer duration in the second manner is greater than a buffer duration in the first manner. The present invention is applicable to the communications field.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for buffering data, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first data packet;
a processor configured to receive the first data packet from the receiver, and determine whether to perform accelerated transmission on data in the first data packet;
a memory configured to:
if it is determined not to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, start a packet discard timer of a first time length for the first data packet, and buffer the first data packet;
and
if it is determined to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, start a packet discard timer of a second time length for the first data packet, and buffer the first data packet, wherein the second time length is greater than the first time length.

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A method for buffering data, the method comprising:

receiving a first data packet;
determining whether to perform accelerated transmission on data in the first data packet;
if it is determined not to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, starting a packet discard timer of a first time length for the first data packet, and buffering the first data packet;
and
if it is determined to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, starting a packet discard timer of a second time length for the first data packet, and buffering the first data packet, wherein the second time length is greater than the first time length.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for buffering data

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