Research Article
Evaluation of MPEG-4 video streaming over multi-hop cellular networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8627, author={Jinglong Zhou and Anthony Lo and Ignas Niemegeers}, title={Evaluation of MPEG-4 video streaming over multi-hop cellular networks}, proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS}, year={2010}, month={5}, keywords={UMTS/HSDPA IEEE802.11 multi-hop cellular network MPEG4}, doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8627} }- Jinglong Zhou
Anthony Lo
Ignas Niemegeers
Year: 2010
Evaluation of MPEG-4 video streaming over multi-hop cellular networks
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8627
Abstract
Next generation communication networks will comprise third generation (3G) cellular and multi-hop ad hoc networks. MPEG-4 video streaming can be a killer application for this novel multi-hop cellular network. The paper has evaluated the end-to-end performance of streaming MPEG-4 video over a multi-hop cellular network that comprises the High-speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and the IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks. The factors, which can affect the end-to-end performance of MPEG-4 video transmission, are analyzed using simulation. For the same configurations, the simulation results reveal that different MPEG-4 video contents can cause different performance for HSDPA. The transmission strategies used in HSDPA and UMTS also results in performance differences. Moreover, the number of hops, error rate in the 802.11 multi-hop network and traffic contentions level have a strong impact on the end-to-end MPEG-4 video streaming performance. Our results can be used for gateway selection, resource reservation and QoS provision in the novel multi-hop cellular network