diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_core_socket.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_core_socket.hpp
index 17d4dd27a..38f0368e5 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_core_socket.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_core_socket.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 * the socket provides TCP socket over st,
 * that is, the sync socket mechanism.
 */
-class SrsSocket : public ISrsReader
+class SrsSocket : public ISrsBufferReader
 {
 private:
 	int64_t recv_timeout;
diff --git a/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.cpp b/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.cpp
index 3efa5459c..d5dc12f10 100644
--- a/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #define SOCKET_READ_SIZE 4096
 
-ISrsReader::ISrsReader()
+ISrsBufferReader::ISrsBufferReader()
 {
 }
 
-ISrsReader::~ISrsReader()
+ISrsBufferReader::~ISrsBufferReader()
 {
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void SrsBuffer::append(char* bytes, int size)
 	data.insert(data.end(), bytes, bytes + size);
 }
 
-int SrsBuffer::ensure_buffer_bytes(ISrsReader* skt, int required_size)
+int SrsBuffer::ensure_buffer_bytes(ISrsBufferReader* skt, int required_size)
 {
 	int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
 
diff --git a/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.hpp b/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.hpp
index 9b0bf68b6..f652309f0 100644
--- a/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/kernel/srs_kernel_buffer.hpp
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #include <vector>
 
-class ISrsReader
+/**
+* the reader for the buffer to read from whatever channel.
+*/
+class ISrsBufferReader
 {
 public:
-	ISrsReader();
-	virtual ~ISrsReader();
+	ISrsBufferReader();
+	virtual ~ISrsBufferReader();
 public:
     virtual int read(const void* buf, size_t size, ssize_t* nread) = 0;
 };
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 private:
 	virtual void append(char* bytes, int size);
 public:
-	virtual int ensure_buffer_bytes(ISrsReader* skt, int required_size);
+	virtual int ensure_buffer_bytes(ISrsBufferReader* skt, int required_size);
 };
 
 #endif
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