| 摘要 |
A wireless system for steaming media files includes a microburst gateway in which microbursts, comprising groups of buffered packets of the streamed media, are transmitted periodically to a user over a broadband channel over respective window periods, the bursts being transmitted at a higher than an average packet rate associated with the media file. At the start of each fairly long window period of 500ms, for example, one microburst is sent over the broadband channel, leaving the remainder of the window period available for other users. The window period and a number of packets in the burst within the window period are defined so that the average packet rate is substantially maintained. A corresponding microburst gateway and a method for transmitting the media file are also provided. |
