Method and system for data packet queue recovery

1. A processor-based method comprising:

receiving, from a server, a data stream including normal data packets (N-packets) at a client device;

queuing the N-packets in a data processing queue for processing at the client device;

estimating data packet processing latency of the N-packets;

when the data packet processing latency corresponds to a data processing latency spike, sending an alarm signal from the client device to the server; and

dropping one or more remaining packets of the N-packets in the data processing queue in response to receiving an independent network packet (I-packet) from the server;

wherein the I-packet is independently processed at the client device asynchronous to any previously received network packets;

wherein estimating the data packet processing latency includes estimating a data packet processing time for the data processing queue;

wherein the data packet processing time is estimated using a linear model; and

wherein the data packet processing time is computed as:

T=C+S*B,

where T is the estimated data packet processing time, C is a constant processing delay time independent of data packet size, B is a processing bandwidth, and S is a measure of packet size.

2. The processor-based method as recited in claim 1 , wherein dropping the one or more remaining packets includes replacing the dropped one or more remaining packets with the I-packet.