Scheduled and contention access transmission of partitioned H.264 video over WLANs

Yaser Pourmohammadi Fallah*, Panos Nasiopoulos, Hussein Alnuweiri

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Abstract

Supporting Multimedia applications, such as video, over 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLAN) is a challenging task due to the inefficiency of the 802.11 MAC layer and the constant fluctuations in channel error rates. Therefore, specific measures must be taken in both application and delivery layers in order to achieve efficient and satisfactory quality for multimedia applications. Advanced video compression technologies, such as H.264, provide new data partitioning error resiliency feature that allows delivery of the video data in different streams with different levels of importance. There are several possible schemes for mapping these streams to the services of the IEEE 802.11e MAC. In this article we examine the existing schemes and propose new mechanisms that improve the performance of the video communications system. We propose to use scheduled access schemes in MAC, along with aggregation of packets in the application layer to achieve the best results. We evaluate our proposed mechanisms using simulation experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE GLOBECOM 2007 - 2007 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Proceedings
Pages2134-2139
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event50th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2007 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 26 Nov 200730 Nov 2007

Publication series

NameGLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Conference

Conference50th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period26/11/0730/11/07

Keywords

  • 802.11e
  • Data partitioning
  • H.264
  • Scheduling
  • Video
  • WLAN
  • Wireless networks

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