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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Joe S. Abuan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ian J. Baird, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaosong Zhou, Campbell, CA (US);
Christopher M. Garrido, San Jose, CA (US);
Dazhong Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Keith W. Rauenbuehler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Miauton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric L. Chien, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Berkat S. Tung, San Jose, CA (US);
Karthick Santhanam, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of buffer reports from a plurality of other devices, each of the plurality of buffer reports indicating a current target buffer level for a respective one of the plurality of other devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to determine a group target buffer level based at least in part on the current target buffer levels of the plurality of other devices and a current target buffer level of the at least one buffer. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit the group target buffer level to the plurality of other devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to manage an occupancy of the at least one buffer based at least in part on the group target buffer level.