Distributed streaming via packet partitioning

Jacob Chakareski, Pascal Frossard

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
Pages1529-1532
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: Jul 9 2006Jul 12 2006

Publication series

Name2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
Volume2006

Other

Other2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period7/9/067/12/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Media Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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