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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Torbjörn Einarsson, Stockholm, SE;
Per Fröjdh, Stockholm, SE;
Clinton Priddle, Indooroopilly, AU;
Zhuangfei Wu, Danderyd, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method of controlling adaptive HTTP streaming of media content between a HTTP server and a HTTP client in a communication system, in which system media content is arranged as a plurality of periods, and each such period comprises a plurality of representations of media segments, which method includes the steps of providing temporal alignment information for the media segments of the plurality of representations, which temporal alignment information provides indications about a temporal relation between the segments of the plurality of representations of the media content. Further, the method includes providing key frame location information for the media segments, which key frame location information provides indications about locations of key frames in the media segments of the plurality of representations. Finally, controlling adaptation of the HTTP streaming of the media content based on at least one of the provided temporal alignment information and the provided key frame location information.