Patent ID: 11968411
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A variable bit rate (VBR) statistical multiplexing system comprising:
a variable bitrate multiplexer;
a constant bit rate (CBR) encoder that receives video data to encode as a plurality of sequential frames and outputs packetized, compressed frames of video data to the variable bit rate multiplexer;
an adapter that receives encode statistics from the CBR encoder and performance data from the variable bit rate multiplexer, and provides corrections to the CBR encoder that cause the CBR encoder to function as a VBR encoder; and
a controller for controlling the adapter; wherein
the variable bitrate multiplexer receives output from at least one other said CBR encoder that receives corrections from a different respective adapter, where the controller also controls the different respective adapter.