3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications

Research Article

Joint Scalable Video Coding and Packet Prioritization for Video Streaming over IP/802.11e Heterogeneous Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1854,
        author={Thomas Pliakas and George Kormentzas and Sofia Tsekeridou},
        title={Joint Scalable Video Coding and Packet Prioritization for Video Streaming over IP/802.11e Heterogeneous Networks},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications},
        proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={802.11e Di},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1854}
    }
    
  • Thomas Pliakas
    George Kormentzas
    Sofia Tsekeridou
    Year: 2010
    Joint Scalable Video Coding and Packet Prioritization for Video Streaming over IP/802.11e Heterogeneous Networks
    MOBIMEDIA
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1854
Thomas Pliakas1,*, George Kormentzas1,*, Sofia Tsekeridou2,*
  • 1: Dept. of Information & Communication Systems Engineering University of Aegean Karlovasi, Samos, Greece
  • 2: Athens Information Technology - AIT Building B7, 19.5 km Markopoulo Ave Peania, Athens, Greece
*Contact email: tpliakas@aegean.gr, gkorm@aegean.gr, sots@ait.edu.gr

Abstract

The paper discusses scalable video streaming traffic delivery over heterogeneous DiffServ/WLAN networks. A prototype architecture is proposed and further validated that explores the joint use of packet prioritization and scalable video coding (SVC) together with the appropriate mapping of 802.11e access categories to the DiffServ traffic classes. A complete set of simulation scenarios, involving four different video sequences using the scalable extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, demonstrates the quality gains of both scalable video codingand prioritized packetization.