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Hence, congestion control mechanisms are utilized to prevent such cases. Several interesting algorithms are proposed to focus on this dilemma, such as the Self-Clocked Rate Adaptation for Multimedia (SCReAM) designed for interactive real-time video streaming applications. One of the main issues of SCReAM is the high design complexity due to the large size of its documentation and coding. Furthermore, there is a considerable number of parameters that can be adjusted to accomplish the desired performance. This study proposes a guided parameters\u2019 tuning approach to assess and optimize the SCReAM algorithm in an emulated 5G environment through a detailed exploration of its parameters. The proposed approach consists of three phases, namely, the initialization phase, the standalone experimentation phase, and the hybrid experimentation phase. In the first phase, we illustrate the method of initializing and implementing the environment, followed by specifying the investigated parameters\u2019 settings, testing, and validation. The second phase aims to investigate SCReAM parameters in isolation to identify the effect on the performance in relation to network queue delay, smoothed Round Trip Time (sRTT), and throughput. The final phase discusses the possibility of achieving the optimum performance by combining various sets to provide researchers with clear and explicit guidelines to establish an adequate SCReAM behavior for the desired application. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that proposes a preliminary and comprehensive analysis of the SCReAM algorithm. Based on the proposed approach, when L4S\/ECN is disabled, we reduced the network queue delay by 63.36% and increased the network throughput by 48.6% as compared to the results generated by the original design. 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