Title
Dynamic Cross-Layer Adaptation of Scalable Video in Wireless Networking
Abstract
The recent trend in Internet traffic indicates the proliferation of usage of multimedia services where a substantial part is related to some sort of video transmission. Moreover, an increasing number of Internet users employ wireless access technologies. High-quality video streaming over wireless access in unison with great mobility brings challenges to sustain the mobile user perceived video quality high. Capacities of wireless links vary due to, for instance, coverage area limitations, multipath propagation, and fading. However, novel video codecs utilize a layered encoding/decoding mechanism, which conveniently allows adapting the video quality, and thus the bitrate, by adjusting the number of layers transmitted. In this study, we exploit an extensive cross-layer signaling framework for a dynamic scalable video adaptation in varying network capacity. We focus on comparing a fast and fair MAC-layer packet scheduling with a relatively slow and long-term adaptivity taken place already at the application layer using a real H.264/SVC video. Our results attest the advantages of adaptation through the use of feedback signaling, which enables continuing the use of the current network access despite its capacity variation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/GLOCOM.2010.5683143
Global Telecommunications Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
Internet,radio access networks,scheduling,telecommunication traffic,video codecs,video coding,video streaming,H.264/SVC video,Internet traffic,MAC-layer packet scheduling,coverage area,dynamic cross-layer adaptation,feedback signaling,mobile user,multimedia services,multipath propagation,network capacity,perceived video quality,scalable video,video codecs,video streaming,video transmission,wireless access technology,wireless links,wireless networking
Wireless network,Application layer,Wireless,Computer science,Computer network,Real-time computing,Video quality,Codec,Access network,Internet traffic,The Internet
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1930-529X E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-5637-6
978-1-4244-5637-6
15
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.86
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Piri, E.1424.37
Mikko Uitto2536.00
Janne Vehkaperä3899.57
Tiia Sutinen4849.35