End-to-end TCP-friendly streaming protocol and bit allocation for scalable video over wireless Internet

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-790

  Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Qian ^b   Zhu, Wenwu ^b   Zhang, Ya Qin ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH ASIA   (China)

Author keywords

Bit allocation; Network adaptation; Scalable video; Transmission control protocol (TCP) friendly congestion control; Unequal loss protection (ULP); Video streaming; Wireless Internet

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; DATA TRANSFER; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

BIT ALLOCATION; NETWORK ADAPTATION; SCALABLE VIDEO; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP); UNEQUAL LOSS PROTECTION (ULP); VIDEO STREAMING; WIRELESS INTERNET;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2542496879     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2004.826008     Document Type: Article

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