Compressed video packet scheduling system

摘要

A method of transmitting compressed video packets over a network includes steps of partitioning transmission interval into discrete time slots; sending scheduling packets over the network from the transmitting node to the receiving node; evaluating the response of the receiving node to determine reliability of the network at different time slots; and selecting one or more time slots for delivery of the compressed video packets according to the evaluation step. Other transmitters can similarly arrange to transmit during time slots not already allocated for the receiving node.