Analysis of waiting-time predictability in scalable media streaming

Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 727-736

  Alsmirat, Mohammad A ^a   Al Hadrusi, Musab ^a   Sarhan, Nabil J ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Scheduling; Stream merging; Time of service guarantees; Video streaming; Waiting time prediction

Indexed keywords

STREAM MERGING; TIME-OF-SERVICE; WAITING-TIME PREDICTION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FEEDBACK; SCALABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

VIDEO STREAMING;

EID: 37849037296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1291233.1291398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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