An energy-efficient protocol for multimedia streaming in a mobile environment

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-312

  Anastasi, Giuseppe ^a   Conti, Marco ^b   Gregori, Enrico ^b   Passarella, Andrea ^c   Pelusi, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio streaming; Energy saving; Mobile computing; Proxy; Wi Fi

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548988622     PISSN: 17427371     EISSN: 1742738X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17427370580000133     Document Type: Article

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