Layered coding vs. multiple descriptions for video streaming over multiple paths

Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 422-431

  Chakareski, J ^a   Han, S ^a   Girod, B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ); Layered coding; Multiple description coding; Packet path diversity; Rate distortion optimized streaming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; INTERNET; OPTIMIZATION; PACKET NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; VIDEO RECORDING;

AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (ARQ); LAYERED CODING; MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION CODING; PACKET PATH DIVERSITY; RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZED STREAMING;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342633151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/957013.957100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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