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Method and apparatus for scheduling adaptive bit rate streams

US9967300B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Edward Grinshpun · New Providence, US
David Faucher · New Providence, US
Stefan Valentin · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2012
Grant date	May 8, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W72/04
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for scheduling adaptive bit rate streams. Some embodiments of the method include accessing, at user equipment, a first bit rate selected from a plurality of bit rates used to encode a portion of an adaptive multimedia stream, a size of the portion of the adaptive multimedia stream, and a play out duration of the portion of the adaptive multimedia stream. Some embodiments of the method also include providing, from the user equipment, indications of the first bit rate, the size, and the play out duration.

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