Title | Towards end-to-end loss guarantees for streaming video in a multi-hop IP network |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | Bai, Y., and M. R. Ito |
Conference Name | Information Technology: Coding and Computing [Computers and Communications], 2003. Proceedings. ITCC 2003. International Conference on |
Pagination | 401 - 407 |
Date Published | apr. |
Keywords | buffer management, buffer storage, computer network management, end-to-end loss guarantees, end-to-end loss performance, fairness, Internet, local loss assurance, local loss constraints, local routing nodes, loss-aware packet scheduling, MPEG video, multi-hop IP network, multimedia communication, nodal loss, performance evaluation, protocols, quality of service, scheduling, streaming video, video communication, visual communication |
Abstract | Video streaming over IP networks requires end-to-end loss guarantees. In order to achieve the required end-to-end loss performance, new algorithms for the distribution of end-to-end loss requirements into local loss constraints, as well as provision of local loss assurance, are proposed. Much of recent research pays little attention to the problem of distributing end-to-end loss requirements to local routing nodes. This paper proposes five schemes for the allocation of nodal loss across a multi-hop IP network. In addition, it uses loss-aware packet scheduling to provide nodal loss assurance, rather than using buffer management as in present node-based loss guarantee techniques. Simulation experiment results demonstrate that integrating the proposed loss allocation methods with the loss-aware packet scheduling scheme not only provides end-to-end loss guarantee for each video, but also greatly improves fairness in quality of service amongst videos. |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ITCC.2003.1197563 |
DOI | 10.1109/ITCC.2003.1197563 |