Smoothing variable-bit-rate video in an internetwork

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3231, Issue , 1997, Pages 345-357

  Rexford, Jennifer ^a   Towsley, Don ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth smoothing; Compressed video; Internetwork; Majorization; Prefetching; Tandem model

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

BANDWIDTH SMOOTHING; COMPRESSED VIDEO; INTERNETWORK; MAJORIZATION; PREFETCHING; TANDEM MODEL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642566922     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.290424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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