Rate-control for conversational video communication in heterogeneous networks

Varun Singh, Jörg Ott, Igor D.D. Curcio

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Abstract

Heterogeneous networks are made up of wireless and wired links. The wireless link quality may vary due to interference and fading phenomena and, peered with radio and link layer reconfigurations lead to varying error rates, latencies, and, most importantly, changes in the available bit rate. In both fixed and wireless networks, varying amounts of cross traffic from other nodes may lead to fluctuations in queue size (reflected again in a path latency) and to congestion (reflected in packet drops from router queues). We propose a rate-adaptation algorithm for conversational video communication in a heterogeneous environment and use the standardized RTCP extensions as a starting point. We use metrics such as PSNR, loss rate, bandwidth utilization and fairness to evaluate the proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - Digital Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event13th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 25 Jun 201228 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012 - Digital Proceedings

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period25/06/1228/06/12

Keywords

  • Conversational Video calls
  • Media Adaptation
  • Rate-control
  • Video Communication

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