METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BANDWIDTH AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE

摘要

The present invention concerns a device and a method at the device, the device comprising a first interface to a first network comprising an adaptive streaming server, a second interface to a second network comprising at least one adaptive streaming client device, a stream identifier for detecting at least one streaming content requested by the at least one adaptive streaming client device, the at least one streaming content being available at more than one data rate, a bandwidth manager for selecting a data rate among the more than one data rate, a scheduler for transmitting at the second interface the at least one streaming content to the at least one client device at a data rate above said selected data rate but below any higher data rate available for said streaming content.

主权项

1. Device comprising:
A first interface to a first network, said first network comprising an adaptive streaming server, A second interface to a second network, said second network comprising at least one adaptive streaming client device, A stream identifier for detecting at least one streaming content requested by aid at least one adaptive streaming client device to said adaptive streaming server, said at least one streaming content being available at more than one data rate at said adaptive streaming server, A bandwidth manager for selecting a local data rate among said more than one data rate, and A scheduler for, on reception of said at least one streaming content from said adaptive streaming server at a first data rate above said local data rate, transmitting said at least one streaming content at said second interface to said at least one client device at a second data rate above said local data rate but below said first data rate.