Mobility Management for Video Streaming on Heterogeneous Networks

Author

Huang, Chung-Ming ; Lin, Chung-Wei ; Yang, Chia-Ching

Author_Institution

Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

35

Abstract

This article discusses how ubiquitous video streaming platform can let people enjoy continuous multimedia services at any time, in any location, and with any computing device. There are several technical challenges to be met in the process of achieving this goal. These challenges entail developing sophisticated session handoff control, session descriptions, communication signaling, and adaptive video streaming, among other factors.

Keywords

mobile computing; multimedia systems; video streaming; adaptive video streaming; communication signaling; heterogeneous networks; mobility management; multimedia services; session descriptions; sophisticated session handoff control; ubiquitous video streaming; Communication system control; Femtocell networks; File servers; Hysteresis; Mobile radio mobility management; Multimedia computing; Network servers; Resource management; Streaming media; Timing; MPEG-21; SIP; bandwidth estimation; multimedia and graphics; proxy management; scalable video coding; session mobility;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2010.17

Filename

5415497