Method and system for scalable video streaming [patent]
Publication date
June 2, 2020
Inventors
Hao Shuai, Subhabrata Sen, Anis Elgabli, Feng Qian (assistant professor), Vaneet Aggarwal
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request for media content, the media content being divided into a plurality of chunks, obtaining information about the chunks and constraints, determining whether there is a remaining layer to be downloaded, in response to determining that there is a remaining layer to be downloaded, determining a list of chunks that can be downloaded at a current layer and a downloading schedule according to the list of chunks that can be downloaded at the current layer, in response to determining that there is no remaining layer to be downloaded, producing a composite schedule for downloading the media content, and downloading the media content according to the composite schedule. Other embodiments are disclosed.