Paper Info
Title
A bandwidth dependent smoothing algorithm for interactive video streaming in UMTS systems
Abstract
In the recent past, a growing number of services, such VBR video transmission, have been implemented in UMTS cellular systems. In such a context, to reduce the high bit rate variability of VBR streams, several smoothing techniques, performed at server side, have been developed. They regularize the bit rate of transmitted data maintaining, at the same time, a constant video quality at receiving side. In this paper, a novel smoothing algorithm, the Buffer Dependent Smoothing Algorithm (BDSA), has been developed and analyzed. It schedules VBR video data, taking into account both the feedback information on the real residual free buffer size coming from the client terminal, and the available bandwidth information. Numerical results show the BDSA effectiveness, in terms of losses, if compared with the classical smoothing algorithms known by literature.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2007
MobiMedia
smoothing technique,bdsa effectiveness,feedback information,schedules vbr video data,vbr video transmission,available bandwidth information,interactive video,bit rate,umts system,constant video quality,bandwidth dependent smoothing algorithm,vbr stream,classical smoothing,video quality,smoothing,interactivity,umts
Field
DocType
Citations 
Interactive video,UMTS frequency bands,Computer science,Algorithm,Computer network,Real-time computing,Bandwidth (signal processing),Smoothing,Video tracking,Schedule,Video quality,Variable bitrate
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
13
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pietro Camarda182251.74
Domenico Striccoli2318.13
Mariella Ragno310.35