Performance evaluation of multimedia content distribution over multi-homed wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 57, Issue 2 PART 1, 2011, Pages 204-215

  Xu, Changqiao ^a   Fallon, Enda ^b   Qiao, Yuansong ^b   Zhong, Lujie ^c   Muntean, Gabriel Miro ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Concurrent multi path transfer; multi homing; multimedia distribution; SCTP; single path transfer

Indexed keywords

MULTI-HOMING; MULTI-PATH; MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION; SCTP; SINGLE PATH TRANSFER;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MOBILE DEVICES;

COMPUTER NETWORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

EID: 79957628675     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2011.2119050     Document Type: Article

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