Patent ID: 9578319
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: determining a variable delay reference (VDR) corresponding to an instantaneous jitter between an idealized transmission time associated with a packet for transmission in a transmission stream and an actual transmission time of the packet; determining a jitter bound, by a protocol adaptation layer (PAL), using a transmission delay between the idealized transmission time and an expected transmission time for packets under normal operating conditions, determining the jitter bound comprising at least one of: determining a predefined value representing the delay under normal operating conditions; or monitoring the instantaneous jitter over time and determining the jitter bound using a largest detected delay; providing the VDR to a receiver in response to determining the VDR does not exceed the jitter bound; and providing an indication the jitter bound has been exceeded to the receiver in response to determining the VDR exceeds the jitter bound.