Stabilization of adaptive streaming video clients through rate limiting
US9306994B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/38
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a current encoding rate requested by a client device for content received from a content source, setting at a network device a rate limit to limit the rate at which the content is received at the client device based on the current encoding rate, and adjusting the rate limit based on changes in the current encoding rate. The rate limit is set to allow the client device to change the current encoding rate to a next higher available encoding rate.
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