End-to-end QoS issues of MPEG-4 FGS video streaming traffic delivery in an IP/DVB/UMTS network

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1089-1100

  Pliakas, Thomas ^a   Kormentzas, George ^a   Skianis, Charalabos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

DiffServ; DVB; End to end QoS; MPEG4 FGS; Packet prioritization; UMTS

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; PACKET NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VIDEO STREAMING;

PACKET PRIORITIZATION; PACKETIZATION; TRAFFIC CLASSES; TRAFFIC DELIVERY;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 44649137867     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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