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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ann-Christine Eriksson, Grillby, SE;
Thorsten Lohmar, Aachen, DE;
Mathias Sintorn, Sollentuna, SE;
Robert Skog, Hasselby, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method of throttling a media stream, comprising a sequence of media segments, for transmission to a client via a radio access network is provided. The method comprises acquiring a media segment, determining a duration of the media segment, transmitting a first part ('-′) of the media segment to the client, and transmitting a remaining part (″-″) of the media segment to the client. At least one of the parts (′-″-″) is transmitted during a time interval (Δt, Δt) which is shorter than a corresponding duration of that part, and transmitting the remaining part is delayed (Δt), such that a time interval (Δt) between starting transmitting the first part and transmission of the remaining part being completed is shorter than the duration (Δt) of the media segment. Further, a corresponding network node for throttling a media stream is provided. Embodiments of the invention are advantageous in that bursty traffic is generated, resulting in a more efficient usage of air interface resources and reduced power consumption.