The use of Erasure Coding for video streaming unicast over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

We tackle the issue of providing video streaming support over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). Video streaming imposes stringent requirements in terms of delivery ratio and delay in order to provide a satisfying level of service at the user´s end. In our work, we investigate the use of Erasure Coding to overcome packet loss and to fulfill video streaming requirements of delivery ratio. We have investigated two distinct coding techniques and evaluated thoroughly their peculiarities. This study has shown how Erasure Coding could improve delivery ratio without affecting end-to-end delay.