Patent ID: 9531579
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a media client for controlling a transmission of a media stream having a plurality of consecutive stream elements, the method comprising: obtaining, by a media client, a media description of the media stream, the media description indicating an initial consecutive stream element of the consecutive stream elements; sending, from the media client, a request for the initial consecutive stream element; initiating, by the media client towards a control entity for a session, a session control procedure, wherein the session control procedure performs an association that associates the media stream with the session, wherein the association specifies the session in which the media stream is transmitted; during or after sending the request for the initial consecutive stream element, receiving, by the media client, a result of initiating the session control procedure; and wherein a policy enforcement point controls a transmission of a subsequent consecutive stream element of the consecutive stream elements in accordance with a control rule of the session resulting from the session control procedure.