Neural and fuzzy computation techniques for playout delay adaptation in VoIP networks

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1174-1194

  Ranganathan, Mohan Krishna ^a   Kilmartin, Liam ^b  

^a Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fuzzy delay trend analysis; Intertalkspurt; Intratalkspurt; Multilayer perceptrons (MLPs); Network delay estimation; Playout buffering; Playout delay adaptation; Time delay neural networks (TDNNs); Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PACKET NETWORKS;

FUZZY DELAY TREND ANALYSIS; INTERTALKSPURT; INTRATALKSPURT; NETWORK DELAY ESTIMATION; PLAYOUT BUFFERING; PLAYOUT DELAY ADAPTATION; TIME DELAY NEURAL NETWORKS; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP);

VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26844447806     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2005.853418     Document Type: Article

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