An adaptive video streaming control system: Modeling, validation, and performance evaluation

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 526-539

  De Cicco, Luca ^a   Mascolo, Saverio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive video streaming; modeling; performance evaluation; stream switching

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; MODELS; VIDEO STREAMING;

ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING; AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION; COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SENDING RATE; STREAM-SWITCHING; VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84899505546     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2013.2253797     Document Type: Article

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