Skype Video congestion control: An experimental investigation

Computer Networks

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 558-571

  De Cicco, Luca ^a   Mascolo, Saverio ^a   Palmisano, Vittorio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Skype Video

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FEC; APPLICATION LAYERS; AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; BEST-EFFORT; CO-EXISTING; CONGESTION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRAME QUALITY; FRAME RATE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; LOSS RATES; MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY; NETWORK STABILITY; RETRANSMISSIONS; SENDING RATE; SKYPE VIDEO; TCP TRAFFIC; TIME SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS; TRANSIENT TIME; VIDEO CALLS; VIDEO DISTRIBUTION; VIDEO RESOLUTIONS; YOUTUBE;

BANDWIDTH; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

IPTV;

EID: 79951510134     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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