CONTROL METHOD OF TRANSMITTING STREAMING AUDIO/VIDEO DATA AND ARCHITECTURE THEREOF

Abstract

A control method and architecture for controlling transmission of streaming audio/video data are disclosed. The method uses a report transmission rate on a transmitter to reduce the playback latency on a receiver. The report transmission rate is determined according to an actual transmission rate and the residual data amount of the previous period of a transmitter buffer. The actual transmission rate is the minimum of an available transmission rate and a required transmission rate, which depends on the residual data amount and the report transmission rate. Therefore, the report transmission rate is adjusted according to the accumulation of residual data of transmitter buffer, which improves the playback latency.