Layered Media Multicast Control (LMMC): Real-Time Error Control

Author

Zadeh, Homayoun Yousefi ; Jafarkhani, Hamid ; Habibi, Amir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1219

Lastpage

1227

Abstract

We study the problem of real-time error control in layered and replicated media systems. We formulate an optimization problem aimed at minimizing a cost metric defined over the wasted bandwidth of redundancy in such systems. We also provide an analytical solution to the problem in the context of layered media multicast control (LMMC) protocol. In doing so, we present closed-form expressions describing the temporally correlated loss pattern of communication networks. Utilizing our closed-form expressions, we rely on an a priori estimate of loss along with a hybrid proactive FEC-ARQ scheme to statistically guarantee the QoS for the receivers of a media system. We show the effectiveness of our protocol by means of simulating realistic error control scenarios

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; forward error correction; multicast protocols; multimedia communication; optimisation; quality of service; statistical analysis; FEC-ARQ scheme; QoS; bandwidth redundancy; closed-form expression; communication network; cost metric minimization; layered media multicast control protocol; optimization problem; real-time error control; replicated media system; statistical analysis; Bandwidth; Closed-form solution; Communication system control; Context; Cost function; Error correction; Multicast protocols; Nonhomogeneous media; Real time systems; Redundancy; A priori estimate of loss; error control; layered media; replicated media; statistical guarantee of QoS;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1520-9210

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMM.2006.884612

Filename

4014228