A channel distortion model for video over lossy packet networks

Error-resilient video communication over lossy packet networks is often designed and operated based on models for the effect of losses on the reconstructed video quality. This paper analyzes the channel distortion for video over lossy packet networks and proposes a new model that, compared to previous models, more accurately estimates the expected mean-squared error distortion for different packet loss patterns by accounting for inter-frame error propagation and the correlation between error frames. The accuracy of the proposed model is validated with JVT/H.264 encoded standard test sequences and previous frame concealment, where the proposed model provides an obvious accuracy gain over previous models.     

An embedded packet train and adaptive FEC scheme for effective video adaptation over wireless broadband networks

INTRODUCTION With the emergence of wireless technology, various multimedia services, e.g., audio and/or video, are reaching us today through portable devices any- time, anywhere and even more increasingly accessi- ble in the near future. High quality video streaming over wireless IP is one of the most attractive applica- tions by ongoing deployment of wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspots and even powerful Wi- MAX mobile coverage. However, the present Internet is not providing a…     

Error resilient concurrent video streaming over wireless mesh networks

INTRODUCTION Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are ad-hoc networks with full or partial mesh topologies, where nodes can automatically establish and maintain mesh connectivity among themselves. Such a mesh topol- ogy provides each node multiple communication paths to reach its peers. In the presence of link failures caused by, for example, node failures or interference, information can be rerouted through alternative paths to the destination. WMNs have no fixed infrastructure and are easily…     

Coping with handover effects in video streaming over cellular networks

The 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) has defined the protocols and codecs for implementing media streaming services over packet-switched 3G mobile networks. The specification is based on IETF RFCs on audio/video transport. It also adds new features to achieve better adaptation to the mobile network environment. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for handover detection and fast buffer refill that is based on the existing feedback and signaling mechanisms. The proposed algorithm refills the receiver buffer at a faster pace during a limited time frame after a hard handover is detected in order to achieve higher video quality.     

Deadline-aware network coding for video on demand service over P2P networks

INTRODUCTION With the widespread deployment of broadband access, Video-on-Demand (VoD) streaming on the Internet has received increasing attention recently. In VoD service, video streams are delivered to asyn- chronous users with low delay and VCR-like opera- tion support (e.g., pause, fast-forward, and rewind). However, streaming to a large population of clients is very challenging due to the limited server capacity and little deployment of IP multicast in today’s Internet (Quinn a…     

基于最大独立集的多信道无线网络信道分配方法(英文)

提出了一种基于最大独立集的信道分配方法,以减少网络冲突提高网络性能.首先,建立信道分配模型,并通过所提出的低复杂度近似算法求取冲突图中的最大独立集序列;然后,以独立集间的冲突顶点数作为加权值,获得加权冲突图,通过加权冲突图,以最小化独立集间冲突为目标将链路分配至各信道;最后,每个节点根据本节点网卡中队列长度为已分配信道的链路分配网卡.仿真结果表明,该方法有效地提高了网络吞吐量,降低了端到端延时.     

An adaptive joint source and channel coding scheme for H.264 video multicasting over wireless LAN

INTRODUCTION Video multicasting over wireless local area net- work (WLAN) (IEEE Standard 802.11, 1997) enables the distribution of live or pre-recorded programs to many receivers efficiently. An example application is to redistribute TV programs or location-specific in- formation in hot spots such as airport. Users can watch their favorite TV programs on mobile devices while browsing the Internet. For enterprise applica- tions, an example is multicasting video of a lecture or trainin…     

A design model for lifelong learning networks

The provision of lifelong learning facilities is considered to be a major new direction for higher and distance teaching educational institutes catering for the demands of industry and society. ICT networks will in future support seamless, ubiquitous access to lifelong learning facilities at home, at work, in schools and universities. This implies the development of new ways of organizing learning delivery that goes beyond course and programme-centric models. It envisions a learner-centred, learner-controlled model of distributed lifelong learning. We present a conceptual model for the support of lifelong learning which is based on notions from self-organization theory, learning communities, agent technologies and learning technology specifications such as IMS Learning Design. An exploratory implementation has been developed and used in practice. We reflect on the findings and future directions.     

A rate control scheme for H.264 video under low bandwidth channel

INTRODUCTION Rate control has been playing an increasing important role in real-time video communication. An encoder employs rate control to regulate output bit- streaming to meet certain channel bandwidth and buffer constraints while pursing high video quality. One fundamental problem in the encoder design is the selection of quantization parameter (QP) to maximize visual quality under constraints imposed by the computational complexity, delay, bandwidth and/or loss factors. At present…     

A network condition classification scheme for supporting video delivery over wireless Internet*

INTRODUCTION Real-time video transport over wireless Internet faces many challenges due to the heterogeneous en- vironment including wireline and wireless networks. Fig.1 shows a typical end-to-end video transport in- volving wireline and wireless networks. The video transport may suffer from many problems such as wireline network congestion and wireless multi-path fading, resulting in high packet loss-rate, and causing severe video quality degradation. To maintain the optimal video quali…     

差信道环境下简单有效的图像传输方法

The constrained Viterbi algorithm (C-VA) makes use of some prior reliable information to reduce complexity andimprove performance of Viterbi algorithm (VA). However it can only be used in the concatenate code scheme because thedetection result of cyclic redundancy check code (CRC) is exploited to provide reliable information. In this paper, a differentway is proposed to provide reliable information for C-VA, which is possible to be used in simple codec. Known bits were addedto the set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT) coded image sequence periodically and directly. They were thought to bereliable information for C-VA in the decoder. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can obtain much bettererror resilient ability compared with conventional VA under the extremely inferior channel condition if the best desired qualityof reconstructed images can be sacrificed.     

一种具有可分级转码能力的空时OFDM视频传输方法

结合空时OFDM和转换编码技术,提出了一种无线衰落信道下具有可分级转码能力的鲁棒视频传输方法.采用可分级转码器将高质量的MPEG-2压缩视频转换为低码率、低分辨率MPEG-4可分级码流来满足网络带宽和终端设备显示的要求.在接收端采用一种层干扰抑制算法,使得分层空时OFDM系统不同层的传输性能存在差异,从而使系统具有不对等保护能力.根据分级码流的重要程度不同,将转码输出的可分级码流分别由分层空时编码OFDM系统的不同层来实现视频的鲁棒传输.实验结果表明:在典型的随机突发错误的无线环境下,提出的具有可分级转码能力的系统的视频传输性能优于传统的非分级转码的视频传输系统.     

SVC的RTP封装及其在NS2包调度中的应用研究

随着流媒体技术的发展,实时传输协议RTP被广泛用于各种多媒体传榆系统中,为实时应用提供端到端的传输。可伸缩视频编码（SVC）因其时域、空间和质量的可分级,能够为用户提供可分级性更强的视频流,满足不同终端设备用户的需求。本文针对SVC视频流应用于NS2网络传输仿真而设计了一套可伸缩视频编码的RTP卦装方案,并将其应用于NS2仿真环境,实现了真实视频流的实时调度与传输。实验结果验证了该RTP卦装方案的正确性和有效性。     

无线移动数字图书馆系统中多媒体检索的同步模式

1IntroductionRecent advances in wireless communication,digitallibrary,distributed multi media,massive storage,andmobile computing technologies are sti mulating the de-velopment of mobile multi media digital library systems(M2DLS)that allow mobile clients to access multi me-dia material anywhere and anyti me over a cellular ra-dio network[1,2].In M2DLS,multi media objects,ingeneral,can be composed of multiple media streamssuch as audio and video,whose retrieval must proceedso as to not only …     

用于Internet上视频流的一种改进的基于MDC的ORB-DCT方法

One of the most interesting questions of video streaming over the Intemet is packet loss. Some error resilient technologies have been proposed to overcome quality decrease of reconsixucted video occurred due to packet loss, in which optimized reconstructionbased DCT （ORB-DCT） utilizes two-direction interleaving. An improved ORB-DCT （IORB-DCT）, which uses four-direction interleaving, is proposed in this paper. Experimental results are demonstrated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed IORB-DCT.     

在视频对象平面生成中使用细胞神经网络进行初始对象的分割

1　Introduction　MPEG 4videocodingstandard providesobject basedfunctionalitiesbyintroducingtheconceptofvideoobject plane (VOP) .Withtheextractionofvideoobjectsandallocatingdifferentnumberofbitsordifferentframe ratesfordifferentobjects ,thestan dardcansupportobject basedscalabilitythatisusefulinmanypracticalapplications[1] .However,MPEG 4alwaysassumesthatthevideocontentstobecodedarewellrepresentedinvideoobjectswithoutmandatinganyspecifictechniques;sovideoobjectsegmentationbecomesanimportant…     

Joint channel and power allocation scheme for cognitive wireless networks

Cognitive radio (CR) is a promising technology deemed to improve the efficiency of spectrum utilization. This paper considers a spectrum underlay cognitive radio network, in which the cognitive users (CUs) are allowed to use the radio spectrum concurrently with the primary users (PUs) under the interference temperature constraint. We investigate the system performance by using the proposed joint channel and power allocation scheme under two transmit strategies to achieve higher data rates and performance diversity gain respectively. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme provides a significant improvement on the bit error rate (BER) performance and spectrum efficiency of a cognitive wireless network.     

Rummler信道模型的Systemview仿真研究

无线信道是移动通信的传输媒介,信道性能优劣直接影响通信质量,要提高无线通信质量就必须改善信道性能.阐述了移动信道的特点,介绍了几种典型移动信道的模型,重点分析了Rummler信道模型,在此基础上构建出Rummler信道的仿真电路.采用电路与通信系统专用仿真软件Systemview对其进行仿真,给出了仿真波形图,并对仿真结果进行了分析.仿真结果表明Rummler信道模型可以适应不同环境的电波传播衰落,具有更强的灵活性.