PiStream: Physical layer informed adaptive video streaming over LTE

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn 2015-September, Issue , 2015, Pages 413-425

  Xie, Xiufeng ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Kumar, Swarun ^b   Li, Li Erran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive streaming; HTTP; LTE; MPEG DASH

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HTTP; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; NETWORK LAYERS; REAL TIME CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; SOFTWARE RADIO; VIDEO STREAMING;

ADAPTIVE STREAMING; ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING; BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION; HTTP VIDEO STREAMING; LTE; MPEG DASHES; PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHM; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84954241848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2789168.2790118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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