Measurement and Statistical Analysis of Asymmetric Multipoint Videoconference Traffic in IP Networks

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-122

  Skianis, C ^a   Kontovasilis, K ^a   Drigas, A ^a   Moatsos, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

H. 261 video coding; IP traffic measurements; Multipoint control units (MCU); Traffic modeling; Video bridging; Videoconference systems

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE CODING; MARKOV PROCESSES; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

MULTIPOINT CONTROL UNITS (MCU); VIDEO BRIDGING;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0038741803     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023620903222     Document Type: Article

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