System and method for predictive buffering and network shaping

摘要

An adaptive video streaming system comprises a computer network (14) comprising a data source, a video player (120), a session controller (130) configured to use in parallel a variable number of streams in order to maximize download throughput from said data source to said video player (120), and an adaptive streaming optimizer (210) connected between said data source and said video player (120), the adaptive streaming optimizer (210) configured to predict the next resolution to be requested by the player (120) and determine which fragments to download accordingly.