| 摘要 |
A ethod for providing a streaming service from a server to a client, comprises the steps of requesting respective consecutive segments (S1Q1, S2Q2, S3Q3) by said client from said server, each consecutive segment being requested with an associated requested quality (Q1, Q2, Q3), at respective timing instances being determined by said client based on a timing parameter (PipelineEmptyEstimate), determined by said client, of the channel occupancy between said client and said server, such that a next request for a next segment can be transmitted by said client to said server, before complete receipt of the previous segment by said client . A client adapted to perform this method is disclosed as well |
