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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Danny De Vleeschauwer, Evergem, BE;
Johan De Vriendt, Afsnee, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method for receiving an HTTP adaptive streaming video from a server, said method comprising at a client, operatively connected to said server upon receiving a chunk of said video, determining a current rate of transmission for transmissions from said server to said client; obtaining statistical information pertaining to an expected future rate of transmission, in function of at least said current rate of transmission; deriving a target rate of transmission from said statistical information; and requesting a subsequent chunk of said video in accordance with said target rate of transmission.