Enhancing real-time video streaming over mobile ad hoc networks using multipoint-to-point communication

Computer Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1754-1764

  Chow, Chee Onn ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic source routing (DSR); Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs); Multipoint to point communications; Real time video streaming

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NETWORK ROUTING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC SOURCE ROUTING (DSR); LOSSY NETWORKS; MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION CODING; MULTIPOINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS;

VIDEO STREAMING;

EID: 34247527850     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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