TY - GEN
T1 - Distributed streaming via packet partitioning
AU - Chakareski, Jacob
AU - Frossard, Pascal
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We propose a system for adaptive streaming from multiple servers to a single receiver over separate network paths. Based on incoming packets, the receiver estimates the available bandwidth on every path and returns this information to the servers. An optimization algorithm is designed that enables the servers to independently partition the media packets among them according to the bandwidth information and such that the resulting video quality at the receiver is maximized. To this end, the algorithm takes advantage of a source pruning technique that preprocesses the media stream ahead of time. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed streaming framework provides superior performance over a conventional transmission scheme that performs proportional packet scheduling based only on the available network bandwidth. Due to its low-complexity aspect, the framework is suitable for practical implementations of adaptive and efficient distributed streaming systems.
AB - We propose a system for adaptive streaming from multiple servers to a single receiver over separate network paths. Based on incoming packets, the receiver estimates the available bandwidth on every path and returns this information to the servers. An optimization algorithm is designed that enables the servers to independently partition the media packets among them according to the bandwidth information and such that the resulting video quality at the receiver is maximized. To this end, the algorithm takes advantage of a source pruning technique that preprocesses the media stream ahead of time. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed streaming framework provides superior performance over a conventional transmission scheme that performs proportional packet scheduling based only on the available network bandwidth. Due to its low-complexity aspect, the framework is suitable for practical implementations of adaptive and efficient distributed streaming systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICME.2006.262834
DO - 10.1109/ICME.2006.262834
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34247570528
SN - 1424403677
SN - 9781424403677
T3 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
SP - 1529
EP - 1532
BT - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006
Y2 - 9 July 2006 through 12 July 2006
ER -