METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE DOWNLOADING BEHAVIOR OF A CLIENT TERMINAL CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT, AND CORRESPONDING TERMINAL.

摘要

The invention concerns a method for adapting the downloading behavior of a client terminal configured to receive a multimedia content from at least one server, said multimedia content being defined by at least one representation,
wherein it comprises the steps of:
- requesting (S0) a first part of said multimedia content with a given representation;
- detecting (S1) if a cache between is located along the transmission path the client terminal and a server, based on the request of said first part;
- in case (S3) a cache is detected, requesting a second part of said multimedia content with a representation depending on at least one performance criterion.