Cost-oriented adaptive multimedia delivery

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 484-499

  Molnar, Andreea ^a   Muntean, Cristina Hava ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive multimedia; cost of multimedia delivery; mobile data billing plans; mobile devices

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MULTIMEDIA; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; MOBILE DATA; MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS; MULTIMEDIA DELIVERY; PERCEIVED QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WIRELESS CONNECTION;

MOBILE DEVICES; QUALITY CONTROL;

COSTS;

EID: 84883453165     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2013.2244786     Document Type: Article

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