Patent ID: 8488485

Claim:
A system, comprising: a server; a receiving entity; and an intermediary node operable to: receive a sequence of incoming packets from the server; and re-transmit the sequence of the incoming packets over a time variant channel to the receiving entity; wherein a given predefined latency (L n ) pertains to the intermediary node; wherein a predefined packet loss (PL) pertains to a sequence of packets transmitted from the server over a path of arbitrary nodes to the intermediary node; and wherein the intermediary node further comprises a time estimator, the time estimator operable to: resolve a sequence number (k) and a time of arrival to the intermediary node for at least each of a plurality (q) of the incoming packets; establish a frame period (T) of the incoming packets; establish a sequence of normalized packet arrival times (e k ) corresponding to the frame period (T); calculate a relative arrival time (rt rec, k ) of each of the plurality (q) of the incoming packets in relation to the normalized packet arrival times (e k ); create a cumulative density function for the sequence of the incoming packets at the intermediary node; and establish a threshold value (rt L ) for the relative arrival time (rt rec, k ) yielding the predefined packet loss (PL) at the intermediary node based on the cumulative density function.