Subjective assessment of the quality-oriented adaptive scheme

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-286

  Muntean, Gabriel Miro ^a   Perry, Philip ^a   Murphy, Liam ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive multimedia streaming; End user perceived quality; Feedback control; Subjective testing

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

ADAPTIVE MULTIMEDIA STREAMING; END-USER PERCEIVED QUALITY; MOTION CONTENT; QUALITY-ORIENTED ADAPTATION SCHEME (QOAS);

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 25144516322     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2005.846187     Document Type: Article

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