RTCP-based frame-synchronized feedback control for IP-video communications over multipath fading channels

Author

Gharavi, H. ; Ban, K. ; Cambiotis, J.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 June 2004

Firstpage

1512

Abstract

This paper presents a packet-loss feedback tracking scheme for the transmission of video signals over mobile channels. The proposed feedback scheme is based on the real time transport control protocol (RTCP), which is designed to provide an end-to-end feedback assessment of transmitted packets on a frame-by-frame basis (video frame). In addition, the frame synchronized RTCP-based feedback scheme is designed to take care of losses of RTCP packets due to bad channels. The video encoder, upon receiving its feedback report, can identify the exact location of the missing packets in the transmitted video frame. The feedback scheme is then applied to transport H.264/RTP/UDP/IP packets in real-time. A packet-loss compensation strategy has been used to assess the quality of the received signal under multipath fading channel conditions.

Keywords

IEEE standards; IP networks; code standards; fading channels; mobile radio; multimedia communication; multipath channels; telecommunication control; transport protocols; video coding; wireless LAN; H.264; IEEE 802.11 standard; IP; IP-video communication; UDP; feedback assessment; feedback control; frame-synchronized feedback control; mobile channel; multipath fading channel condition; packet loss compensation strategy; packet transport; packet-loss feedback tracking scheme; real time transport control protocol; received signal quality; video encoder; video frame; video signal transmission; video streaming; wireless multimedia communication; Automatic repeat request; Delay; Fading; Feedback control; Jitter; Mobile communication; Protection; Protocols; Streaming media; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8533-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2004.1312763

Filename

1312763