Multimedia transmission with adaptive QoS based on real-time protocols

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-248

  Bouras, Ch ^a,b   Gkamas, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multicast; Multimedia; Performance of protocols; QoS adaptation and negotiation; QoS in heterogeneous networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MULTICASTING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037389902     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.585     Document Type: Article

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