Scalable video streaming traffic delivery in IP/UMTS networking environments

Journal of Multimedia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-46

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diffserv; End to end QoS; H.264 MPEG 4 AVC; MPEG 4 FGS; Packet prioritization; SVC; UMTS

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCALABLE VIDEO CODING; STATIC VAR COMPENSATORS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING; VIDEO STREAMING;

DIFFSERV; END-TO-END QOS; H.264/MPEG-4 AVC; MPEG4-FGS; PACKET PRIORITIZATION;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 50049118353     PISSN: 17962048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jmm.2.2.37-46     Document Type: Article

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