FIELD: physics; computer engineering.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to stream transmission of multimedia data and more specifically to adaptation of data transmission speed between a server and a client during transmission of multimedia data. A network for streaming multimedia data has a server, meant for streaming data to a client. The server is responsible for adapting transmission speed to reception speed or for controlling accumulation and for adapting sampling frequency to transmission speed. That way, the server controls shifting and keeps it within the operating range for speed adaptation. The client is responsible for compensating for variation of packet transmission delay, also known as fast fluctuation in the network. The client is also responsible for setting parameters of the operating range for adapting speed of the server. The client selects and transmits shift parametres to the server, but the server independently adapts its encoding speed or transmission speed when it responds to these parametres.
EFFECT: provision for adaptive management of the receive buffer level in a network for streaming multimedia data.
36 cl, 3 dwg
