A method for streaming a multimedia content from at least one sender peer to a receiver peer, comprising: obtaining periodically a target downloading rate of the multimedia content from the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer, according to a playback rate of the multimedia content and a buffer occupancy level of the receiver peer; determining a downloading rate from each of the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer, according to the data transmission situation from each respective sender peer of the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer and the obtained target downloading rate; and streaming the multimedia content from the at least one sender peer to the sender peer at the respective determined downloading rate.