BIT RATE ADJUSTMENT IN AN ADAPTIVE STREAMING SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus for adaptively streaming multiple video bit streams through a network node is disclosed. In particular, a system is taught where at least one of the video bit streams is scaled in response to a bandwidth limitation or availability, where the selection of the bit stream selected for scaling in made in response to at least one of a user defined, service provider defined, and usage analysis defined priority list.