METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STREAMING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN A WIRELESS FIDELITY DISPLAY NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The present invention provides a method and system for streaming multimedia content in a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Display (WFD) network environment. When a request for streaming multimedia content is received, a Wi-Fi source device performs device discovery operation to discover Wi-Fi sink devices. Then, the Wi-Fi source device establishes a Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connection with the Wi-Fi sink devices. Upon successful establishment of the TCP connection, the Wi-Fi source device establishes a WFD session with the Wi-Fi sink devices. Thereafter, the Wi-Fi source device streams multimedia content to the Wi-Fi sink devices using a basic codec format. Substantially simultaneously the Wi-Fi source device performs capability negotiation with the one or more Wi-Fi sink devices. Furthermore, the Wi-Fi source device seamlessly continues to stream the multimedia content to the Wi-Fi sink devices during the ongoing WFD session using codec format negotiated during the capability negotiation.