Patent ID: 7433946
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for performing a method, comprising: determining a lower bound for sending a frame within an elementary stream, the lower bound corresponding to an earliest time for sending the frame that will not result in an overflow condition within a decoder buffer, the determining the lower bound including scanning the elementary stream from a first frame to a last frame thereof; determining an upper bound for sending the frame, the upper bound corresponding to a latest time for sending the frame that will not result in an underflow condition within the decoder buffer, the determining the upper bound including scanning the elementary stream from the last frame to the first frame thereof; and scheduling a send time based on the lower bound and the upper bound, the send time being when a packet associated with the frame is transmitted over a channel in a broadcast environment.