Applying traffic smoothing techniques for quality of service control in VBR video transmissions

Computer Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-389

  Zhang, Junbiao ^a   Hui, Joseph ^b  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Quality of service; Traffic smoothing; VBR video transmission

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); IMAGE QUALITY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VALUE ENGINEERING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS); VARIABLE BIT RATES (VBR);

VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032048558     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-3664(97)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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