Frequent layer switching for perceived quality improvements of coarse-grained scalable video

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-182

  Ni, Pengpeng ^a,b   Eichhorn, Alexander ^a   Griwodz, Carsten ^a,b   Halvorsen, Pal ^a,b  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Layer switching; Quality of experience; Scalable video

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION; BIT RATES; BIT-RATE SAVINGS; COARSE-GRAINED; ENHANCEMENT LAYERS; PERCEIVED QUALITY; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCES; SCALABLE VIDEO; STREAMING VIDEOS; USER STUDY; VIDEO STREAMS;

DIGITAL TELEVISION; DISPLAY DEVICES; MOBILE DEVICES; SWITCHING;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 77953363511     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-010-0186-9     Document Type: Article

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