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Method, system and computer readable medium for affecting bit rate

US8902753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2012
Grant dateDec 2, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a system, the method is for affecting a bit rate of a session, the method may include determining, to introduce a desired change in a bit rate (BR) allocated by a BR allocator for streaming a portion of a first stream that is expected to flow from a source entity to a target entity; wherein the bit rate allocator is expected to set the BR allocated to the streaming of the portion in response to a BR associated with the first stream; modifying a value of the BR associated with the first stream to cause the BR allocator to introduce the desired change in the BR allocated for streaming the portion; and causing the BR allocator module to be aware to the modified value without instructing the BR allocator to introduce the desired change.

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