Multi-rate statistical multiplexing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9106544-B2
Application number	US-26959908-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2008
Priority date	Nov 12, 2008
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A multi-rate statistical multiplexing system is configured to determine whether a subscriber-line is in a congested-state. The subscriber-line provides one or more channels requested by a subscriber. The system selects a version among different versions of each requested channel based on the level of congestion and an indicator of perceived quality of viewing experience of each requested channel. The system switches to the selected version of each channel and the perceived quality of viewing experience is maintained after switching.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-rate statistical multiplexing system comprising:
a congestion-state determination module configured to:
for a subscriber-line providing a plurality of requested channels, receive congestion information of the subscriber-line and determine a congestion-state of the subscriber-line based on a total bandwidth of the subscriber-line and a combined bit-rate of the plurality of requested channels, and for each requested channel provided by the subscriber-…

Assignees

• Shumate John
• Google Technology Holdings LLC

Inventors

• Shumate John

Classifications

• H04L47/11

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/23655

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/2402

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/23439

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L47/25

  Electricity · mapped topic