Bandwidth Management in Devices with Simultaneous Download of Multiple Data Streams

摘要

A method of managing resources on a terminal includes determining a number of downloaded video streams active at the terminal, prioritizing the active video streams, assigning a decoding quality level to each active video stream based on a priority assignment for each active video stream, and apportioning reception bandwidth to each active video stream based on an assigned quality level of each active video stream.

主权项

1. A method of managing resources on a terminal, comprising:
determining a number of application windows active at the terminal that display downloaded video; prioritizing video streams associated with the application windows based on characteristics of the application windows; and apportioning reception bandwidth to such video stream based on the streams' relative priorities.