Title
Using MPEG-21 for cross-layer multimedia content adaptation.
Abstract
This paper presents a cross-layer model— formulated using interoperable description formats—for the adaptation of scalable H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (i.e., SVC) content in a video streaming system operating on a Wireless LAN access network without QoS mechanisms. SVC content adaptation on the server takes place on the application layer using an adaptation process compliant with the MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) standard, based on input comprised of MPEG-21 DIA descriptions of content and usage environment parameters. The latter descriptions integrate information from different layers, e.g., device characteristics and packet loss rate, in an attempt to increase the interoperability of this cross-layer model, thus making it applicable to other models. For the sake of deriving model parameters, performance measurements from two wireless access point models were taken in account. Throughout the investigation it emerged that the behavior of the system strongly depends on the access point. Therefore, we investigated the use of end-to-end-based rate control algorithms for steering the content adaptation. Simulations of rate adaptation algorithms were subsequently performed, leading to the conclusion that a TFRC-based adaptation technique (TCP-Friendly Rate Control) performs quite well in adapting to limited bandwidth and varying network conditions. In the paper we demonstrate how TFRC-based content adaptation can be realized using MPEG-21 tools.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s11760-008-0088-x
Signal, Image and Video Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
access network,tcp friendly rate control
Wireless network,Application layer,Quality of service,Computer network,Wireless access point,Artificial intelligence,Content management,Content adaptation,Distributed computing,Link adaptation,Computer vision,Access network,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2
4
1863-1711
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.68
34
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ingo Kofler115319.73
Joachim Seidl291.36
Christian Timmerer31111108.97
Hermann Hellwagner41114134.97
Ismail Djama5293.09
Toufik Ahmed634641.85