Local media rendering

摘要

The invention involves local media rendering of a multi-party call, performed by a Client User Equipment (1). The media is encoded by each party in the call, and sent as a media stream to a Media server (2), and the media server receives a request for media streams from each Client User Equipment, each media stream in the request associated with a client priority. The Media server selects the media streams to send to each Client User Equipment, based on the request, and further such that the number of streams does not exceed a determined maximum number, which is based e.g. on the available bandwidth.

主权项

1. A method, in a Media Server in a telecommunication network, of delivering media streams received from a multi-party call to a participating Client User Equipment for local audio or video media rendering, the method comprising:
determining a maximum number of media streams to be delivered simultaneously, based on a negotiation with the Client User Equipment; regularly receiving an updated request for media streams from the Client User Equipment, the request indicating a client priority for each media stream; selecting media streams from the request, the selection based on the client priority of the requested media streams, and on that the number of selected media streams shall not exceed the determined maximum number of media streams; and sending the selected media streams to the Client User Equipment for local rendering of the multi-party call, wherein the rendering is based on rendering information transmitted separately from the media streams.