Active client buffer management methods, systems, and apparatus for transmitting electronic data from a server to a client having a limited receive buffer are disclosed. The receive buffer is managed by determining a consumption rate at the client and adjusting the transmission rate of the server responsive to the determined consumption rate to manage the fill level of the receive buffer.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/386,062 entitled TRANSMISSION RATE OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED QOS, filed on Jun. 5, 2002.
