Negotiated/dynamic error correction for streamed media

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided which allow a receiving device to dynamically control and/or otherwise influence a sending device's decision regarding the level of error correction that is applied to streamed media. One method includes having the receiving device generate a request for streamed media that specifies an initial requested error correction level. In this manner, the receiving device is allowed to initially negotiate an error correction level with the sending device that will be providing the streamed media. The receiving device may also dynamically modify the requested level of error correction applied to the streaming media. The sending and receiving devices may also initially and/or dynamically negotiate different error correction encoding schemes. Different error encoding scheme(s) and/or error correction levels can also be selectively applied to different types of streamed media data.