Quantified PQoS assessment based on fast estimation of the spatial and temporal activity level

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-374

  Koumaras, H ^a,b   Kourtis, A ^b   Martakos, D ^a   Lauterjung, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (Greece)

^c ROHDE AND SCHWARZ GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benefit function; Mean Perceived Quality of Service (MPQoS); Objective measurement of PQoS; Perceived Quality of Service (PQoS)

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE QUALITY; METRIC SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

BENEFIT FUNCTIONS; PERCEIVED QUALITY OF SERVICE (MPQOS); PERCEIVED QUALITY OF SERVICE (PQOS); VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 34547321992     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-007-0111-1     Document Type: Article

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