A real-time adaptive algorithm for video streaming over multiple wireless access networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 795-805

  Xing, Min ^a   Xiang, Siyuan ^a   Cai, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DASH; Markov decision process; multiple links; video streaming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COSTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS; DASH; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MOBILE VIDEO STREAMING; MULTIPLE LINKS; QUALITYOF-SERVICE REQUIREMENT (QOS); SUBOPTIMAL SOLUTION; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS;

VIDEO STREAMING;

EID: 84897133407     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2014.140411     Document Type: Article

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