TCP-friendly internet video with smooth and fast rate adaptation and network-aware error control

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-268

  Kim, Young Gook ^a   Kim, JongWon ^b   Kuo, C C Jay ^c  

^a InterVideo Inc   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Error control; Internet video; Rate adaptation; TCP friendliness; Video streaming

Indexed keywords

IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

ERROR CONTROL; VIDEO QUALITY; VIDEO STREAMING; VIDEO TRANSMISSION;

INTERNET;

EID: 1642291617     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2003.819186     Document Type: Article

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