An evaluation framework for more realistic simulations of MPEG video transmission

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-440

  Ke, Chih Heng ^a   Shieh, Ce Kuen ^b   Hwang, Wen Shyang ^c   Ziviani, Artur ^d  

^a National Kinmen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evalvid; MPEG video; Network simulation; NS2; PSNR; The fraction of decodable frames

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; VIDEO STREAMING;

DECODABLE FRAMES; ERROR SIMULATION; EVALVID FRAMEWORK; NETWORK SIMULATION;

IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 41549126361     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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