As Web-based services increasingly include streaming media, broadband service providers must address the challenges inherent in the real-time delivery of high-bandwidth content over a best-effort network. The Multilevel Buffer Architecture is a buffering mechanism for MPEG-4 decoder players, providing a set of services for accommodating network jittering, precise A/V sync, and QoS management.
Citation:
Haifeng Xu, Joe Diamand, Ajay Luthra, "Client Architecture for MPEG-4 Streaming," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 16-23, Apr. 2004, doi:10.1109/MMUL.2004.1289038