Patent ID: 7844727

Claim:
A method comprising: defining in a client in a multimedia streaming network at least one parameter for determining a rate adaptation operating range, wherein the streaming network comprises a server configured for providing streaming data to the client, the client having a receiver buffer for storing at least part of the streaming data to compensate for a difference between data transmission amount by the server and usage amount of the streaming data by the client so as to allow the client to have sufficient amount of streaming data to play out in a non-disruptive manner, and wherein the rate adaptation operating range is used for rate adaptation between the server and the client; providing to the server information indicative of said at least one parameter; adapting in the server the data amount to a reception rate at the client based on said at least one parameter; and adjusting in the client packet transfer delay variation based on said adapting, wherein said at least one parameter comprises a shift amount in time indicative of a difference between a sampling time and a transmission time of a packet at the server.