A QoS-enabled transmission scheme for MPEG video streaming

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-256

  Ng, Joseph Kee Yin ^a   Leung, Karl R P H ^b   Hui, Calvin Kin Cheung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

MPEG video streaming; QoS control; Quality of services; Transmission scheme; Video on demand

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HTTP; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SERVERS; STANDARDS; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

MPEG VIDEO STREAMING; QOS CONTROL; TRANSMISSION SCHEME;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 33748869857     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11241-005-1401-1     Document Type: Article

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