RTP packetization of MPEG-4 elementary streams

Author

Ohlenroth, Matthias ; Hellwagner, Herrnunn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Klagenfurt Univ., Austria

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

465

Abstract

Multimedia streaming is becoming increasingly popular. The multimedia standard MPEG-4 was designed to support scenes of different levels of complexity and applications with low bandwidth up to very high bandwidth requirements. Scalable video encoding is supported as well. This allows MPEG-4 streaming software to adapt video quality dynamically in the network to currently given QoS conditions. We evaluate packetization modes designed to transport MPEG-4 elementary streams over RTP connections, based on an implementation of an MPEG-4 video server and a demo client. Suitability of the packetization modes for video stream adaptation in the network nodes is discussed.

Keywords

code standards; data compression; multimedia communication; packet switching; standards; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; video coding; video servers; MPEG-4 elementary streams; MPEG-4 multimedia standard; MPEG-4 streaming software; MPEG-4 video server; QoS conditions; RTP connections; RTP packetization; bandwidth; demo client; multimedia streaming; network nodes; packetization modes; scalable video encoding; video quality; video stream adaptation; Bandwidth; Decoding; Information technology; Internet; Layout; MPEG 4 Standard; Network servers; Protocols; Streaming media; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo, 2002. ICME '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7304-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2002.1035644

Filename

1035644