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Method and system for managing service quality according to network status predictions

US9756112B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Rittwik Jana · Montville, US
Jeffrey Erman · Morristown, US
Vijay Gopalakrishnan · Edison, US
Emir Halepovic · Raritan, US
Rakesh Sinha · Cupertino, US
Xuan Zou · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2015
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W24/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining predicted available bandwidths for an end user device, monitoring buffer occupancy of a buffer of the end user device, determining bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy, and adjusting bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy during streaming of the media content to the end user device over a wireless network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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