Statistical multiplexing of variable-bit-rate videos streamed to mobile devices

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hsu, Cheng Hsin ^a   Hefeeda, Mohamed ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadcast networks; DVB H; Energy saving; Goodput; Mobile TV; Variable bit rate streams

Indexed keywords

BROADCAST NETWORKS; DVB-H; ENERGY SAVING; GOOD PUT; MOBILE TV; VARIABLE-BIT-RATE STREAMS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; VIDEO STREAMING;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 79952526225     PISSN: 15516857     EISSN: 15516865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1925101.1925107     Document Type: Article

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