Title :
A transparent rate adaptation algorithm for streaming video over the Internet
Author :
Lam, L.S. ; Lee, Jack Y B ; Liew, S.C. ; Wang, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
The lack of end-to-end quality of service support in the current Internet has caused significant difficulties to ensuring playback continuity in video streaming applications. This study addresses this challenge by investigating a new adaptation algorithm to adjust the bit-rate of video data in response to the network bandwidth available to improve playback continuity. Unlike previous works, the proposed algorithm is transparent to the video client, requires no parameter tuning, and yet can outperform existing algorithms. This paper presents this algorithm, evaluates and compares its performance with the best algorithm currently available using extensive trace-driven simulations.
Keywords :
Internet; bandwidth allocation; data compression; digital simulation; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; quality of service; video signal processing; Internet; network bandwidth; playback continuity; quality of service; trace-driven simulations; transparent rate adaptation algorithm; video client; video data; video streaming; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Degradation; Lifting equipment; Multimedia communication; Quality of service; Streaming media; Transcoding; Video coding; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2004. AINA 2004. 18th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2051-0
DOI :
10.1109/AINA.2004.1283935