DocumentCode
2836962
Title
Performance of Video-Chat Applications under Congestion
Author
Boyaci, Omer ; Forte, Andrea G. ; Schulzrinne, Henning
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
14-16 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
213
Lastpage
218
Abstract
We study the performance of four popular IM clients focusing our attention on video-chat. In particular, we analyze how Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Eyebeam and X-Lite react to changes in available bandwidth, presence of HTTP and bit-torrent traffic and random packet losses.
Keywords
electronic messaging; multimedia communication; Eyebeam; HTTP; IM clients; Skype; Windows Live Messenger; X-Lite; bit-torrent traffic; random packet losses; video-chat application; Bandwidth; Delay; Downlink; Fluctuations; Internet; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Traffic control; Video sharing; Eyebeam; Live Messenger; Skype; Video delay; X-Lite; bandwidth adaptation; congestion; measurements; packet loss; performance measurement; video chat;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Multimedia, 2009. ISM '09. 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5231-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-3890-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISM.2009.45
Filename
5364495
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