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CONGESTION CONTROL BITRATE ALGORITHM

  • US 20150222555A1
  • Filed: 02/06/2014
  • Published: 08/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising, with a sender computing system:

  • sending, via an unreliable protocol, a stream of data packets to at least one recipient device over a network, the stream of data packets including source packets and forward error correction (FEC) packets;

    during said sending, receiving one or more feedback reports from the at least one recipient device, each said periodic feedback report characterizing packet loss during a respective period of time; and

    during said sending, adjusting a rate at which said data packets are sent in the stream in response to at least one of said feedback reports,wherein said adjusting the rate comprises increasing a FEC rate at which the FEC packets are sent while maintaining a source rate at which the source packets are sent in response to a particular one of the feedback reports which characterizes the packet loss as within an acceptable level.

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