MULTIMEDIA DATA STREAMING SERVER AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING AMOUNT OF TRANSMITTING DATA IN RESPONSE TO NETWORK BANDWIDTH

摘要

A multimedia data streaming server for effectively changing a transmit rate of multimedia data according to a network bandwidth that irregularly changes, and a method thereof are provided. The multimedia data streaming server includes a data storing unit, a monitoring unit, and a transmit rate controller. The data storing unit stores the multimedia data according to transmission levels, and the monitoring unit regularly monitors a network bandwidth state of a network streaming the multimedia data. The transmit rate controller increases the transmission level of the multimedia data to a default level if the network bandwidth state is getting bad while transmitting the multimedia data. Then, the transmit rate controller gradually increases or decreases the transmission level of the multimedia data from the default level gradually according to the network bandwidth state.