Multimedia quality as a function of bandwidth, packet loss, and latency

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-270

  Cermak, Gregory W ^a  

^a Verizon Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Latency; Network emulator; Packet loss; Packet network; Subjective quality; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

NETWORK EMULATOR; PACKET LOSS; SUBJECTIVE QUALITY;

BANDWIDTH; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 33744916743     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-006-6368-3     Document Type: Article

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