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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Michael Nilsson, London, GB;

Stephen Appleby, London, GB;

Yousif Humeida, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 69/326 (2013.01);
Abstract

In examples of the present invention, delivery of a segment of content is done using an initial congestion window, preferably chosen to give a delivery rate that ensures timely delivery of that segment. However, under high levels of packet loss, the delivery rate may not be sufficient. Hence, at any stage during delivery of a segment, the actual delivery rate is measured, and used, together with the previous congestion window size, the amount of content segment data still to be delivered, and the time left for delivery, to calculate an updated congestion window. The remainder of the segment is then delivered using this revised congestion window.


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