On optimal video transmission over multiple paths in wireless Ad-Hoc networks

Transmission of video data over MANETs is a complicated task because of the mobile nodes and limited throughput. To improve the performance, a video transmission over several paths is used. However, network parameters and routing options combined with the most appropriate video coding schemas must be taken into account to ensure optimum conditions. In this paper state-of-the-art practices are surveyed as well as the analyses on how to combine all the diverse aspects are made. An algorithm to select optimum coding parameters which ensure “network friendly” transmission is proposed.