A method, performed by a radio communication device , for managing a media stream to be received from a media server , wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of segments, wherein the segments are defined by a first set of media rates and by at least one segment time period, the method comprising: transmitting (A020), to the media server , a request for the first set of media rates and the at least one segment time period, wherein the at least one segment time period specifies same or different length of the segments; receiving (A050), from the media server , a response indicating the first set of media rates and the at least one segment time period; the method further characterized by : transmitting (A070) a request for a second set of media rates, to a base station device to predict the media stream rate, wherein the request for the second set of media rates comprises the first set of media rates, the length of the at least one segment time period, and the time period during which the requested second set of media rates is to be below the media stream rate for reception at the radio communication device ; receiving (A160), from the base station device , a response indicating the second set of media rates, wherein each media rate of the second set is below a predicted media stream rate for the time period; and selecting (A170) a media rate out of the second set of media rates. transmitting (A020), to the media server , a request for the first set of media rates and the at least one segment time period, wherein the at least one segment time period specifies same or different length of the segments; receiving (A050), from the media server , a response indicating the first set of media rates and the at least one segment time period; the method further characterized by : transmitting (A070) a request for a second set of media rates, to a base station device to predict the media stream rate, wherein the request for the second set of media rates comprises the first set of media rates, the length of the at least one segment time period, and the time period during which the requested second set of media rates is to be below the media stream rate for reception at the radio communication device ; receiving (A160), from the base station device , a response indicating the second set of media rates, wherein each media rate of the second set is below a predicted media stream rate for the time period; and selecting (A170) a media rate out of the second set of media rates. transmitting (A070) a request for a second set of media rates, to a base station device to predict the media stream rate, wherein the request for the second set of media rates comprises the first set of media rates, the length of the at least one segment time period, and the time period during which the requested second set of media rates is to be below the media stream rate for reception at the radio communication device ; receiving (A160), from the base station device , a response indicating the second set of media rates, wherein each media rate of the second set is below a predicted media stream rate for the time period; and selecting (A170) a media rate out of the second set of media rates. <EOS>