Abstract: An apparatus for calculating a probable throughput for a location may include a compiler for organizing a received throughput corresponding to a recorded throughput and a location indicator stored in a memory device. The calculation of the probable throughput may be conducted by a probable throughput calculator. The stream rate may thus be adapted by a stream rate adaptor in response to the probable throughput at the location to thereby create a buffer of sufficient size to continue rendering the content at the location. For example, the stream rate may be adapted to a maximum throughput value which is determined by a maximum throughput determiner.

Abstract: A sender in a wireless network may adjust the encoding bit rate of the transmitted content and/or the transmission bit rate of the content based on the predicted future channel throughput at a predicted future geographical position of a client mobile device, such as a cellular telephone. By appropriately adjusting the bit rate prior to the client mobile device experiencing the predicted low throughput, the likelihood of continuous content consumption by the client mobile device, even while experiencing the predicted low throughput conditions, may be increased. The prediction may be performed at the network side and/or at the client mobile device side.

Abstract: Transmitting media information from a transmitting device to a receiving device. To perform the transmission a media stream is encoded and packets are formed from the encoded media stream, the packets containing application data units, the application data units having a decoding order. At least two blocks are generated from the packets. The packets of the at least two blocks are organized into a first group and a second group, the first group being decodable without reception of said second group. The transmission order of the packets of said first group is arranged succeeding packets of said second group such that the application data units in the transmission order are at least partly in a different order than the decoding order.