Media streaming via TFRC: An analytical study of the impact of TFRC on user-perceived media quality

Computer Networks

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4744-4764

  Xu, Lisong ^a   Helzer, Josh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation based congestion control; Multimedia streaming; TCP Friendly Rate Control

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; STANDARDS;

EQUATION-BASED CONGESTION CONTROL; MULTIMEDIA STREAMING; TCP-FRIENDLY RATE CONTROL;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION);

EID: 34848829605     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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