Bit-loading for unequal error protection of video streams in OFDM wireless systems

Author

Dardari, D. ; Martini, M.G. ; Mazzotti, M. ; Chiani, M.

Author_Institution

IEIIT-BO, Bologna Univ., Italy

Volume

5

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 June 2004

Firstpage

3076

Abstract

Future wireless video transmission systems would consider OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) as basic modulation technique due to its robustness and low complexity implementation in the presence of frequency selective channels. Recently, adaptive bit loading techniques have been applied to OFDM showing good performance gains in cable transmission systems. In this paper adaptive loading techniques are applied to an OFDM wireless system in the 5 GHz band for efficient layered multimedia traffic transmission. A low complexity scheme is introduced and compared with other solutions to realize unequal error protection both at coding and modulation level. The large impact of this technique in terms of video quality is evaluated for MPEG-4 video transmission.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; channel coding; computational complexity; fading channels; mobile radio; multimedia communication; telecommunication traffic; visual communication; 5 GHz; OFDM wireless systems; adaptive bit loading; frequency selective channels; multimedia traffic transmission; unequal error protection; video quality; video streams; wireless video transmission systems; Channel capacity; Channel coding; Error correction codes; MPEG 4 Standard; Multimedia systems; OFDM modulation; PSNR; Performance gain; Streaming media; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8533-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2004.1313097

Filename

1313097