Patent ID: 8630355
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: allocating multimedia data between a base layer and an enhancement layer defined in a wireless modulation scheme; analyzing the allocation of the multimedia data between the base layer and the enhancement layer; reallocating the multimedia data between the base layer and the enhancement layer based on the analysis, wherein the reallocating comprises at least one of reallocating multimedia data allocated to the base layer to the enhancement layer or reallocating multimedia data allocated to the enhancement layer to the base layer; and transmitting the reallocated multimedia data in the base layer and the enhancement layer of the wireless modulation scheme, wherein: analyzing the allocation of the multimedia data includes determining whether a re-encode request has been issued with respect to the allocated multimedia data; and reallocating the multimedia data includes reallocating the multimedia data between the base layer and the enhancement layer based at least in part on whether a re-encode request has been issued.