Title :
Cross-Layer Adaptive Rate Control for Video Transport over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Author :
Zhao, Zenghua ; Long, Shubing ; Shu, Yantai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tianjin Univ.
Abstract :
Video transport over wireless ad hoc networks poses a great challenge due to the high variability of the network bandwidth. In this paper, to improve the quality of receipt video, we proposed a cross-layer adaptive rate control mechanism, CLARC, which makes good use of both the routing information from the underlying network layer, and the frame loss feeding back from the application layer. The scheme tries to adapt the video encoder output bitrate as close as possible to the available network bandwidth. It is congestion-aware, robust to random error, and can co-exist with TCP friendly. We implemented an ad hoc video streaming testbed to validate the effectiveness of our scheme
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; adaptive control; bandwidth allocation; routing protocols; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; video coding; video streaming; TCP; ad hoc video streaming; application layer; congestion-aware; cross-layer adaptive rate control; frame loss feeding back; network bandwidth; network layer; random error; routing information; video encoder output bitrate; video transport; wireless ad hoc networks; Ad hoc networks; Adaptive control; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Computer science; Electronic mail; Mobile ad hoc networks; Programmable control; Signal to noise ratio; Streaming media; cross layer; video transport; wireless ad hoc network;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. CCECE '06. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0038-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0038-4
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2006.277677
