Video data coded in a coding device 12 is temporarily stored in a temporary buffer 13 before transmitted to a transmission buffer 171. A frame dropping/quantization control device 16 cancels the video data in the temporary buffer 13 if the amount of information of the video frame stored in the temporary...http://www.google.de/patents/US6356309?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6356309 - Video coding device and video transmission system using the same, quantization control method and average throughput calculation method used therein