Video Delivery Challenges and Opportunities in 4G Networks

Author

Pande, Amit ; Ahuja, Vishal ; Sivaraj, R. ; Baik, Eilwoo ; Mohapatra, Prasant

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Volume

20

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

July-Sept. 2013

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

94

Abstract

Wireless network traffic is dominated by video and requires new ways to maximize the user experience and optimize networks to prevent saturation. The exploding number of subscribers in cellular networks has exponentially increased the volume and variety of multimedia content flowing across the network. This article details some challenges in delivery of multimedia content over 4G networks for several application scenarios. To augment the increasing demand for video applications in cellular and wireless traffic, these challenges must be efficiently addressed.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; video communication; 4G network; cellular network; cellular traffic; fourth-generation network; multimedia content delivery; user experience; video application; video delivery challenge; video delivery opportunity; wireless network traffic; wireless traffic; 4G mobile communication; Mobile communication; Multimedia communication; Packet loss; Real-time systems; Streaming media; LTE; multicast; multimedia; multimedia applications; uplink; video communication; video telephony; video-on-demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2013.44

Filename

6585408