Adaptive Link Assignment Applied in Case of Video Streaming in a Multilink Environment

Author

Kántor, Péter ; Bitó, János

Author_Institution

Dept. ofBroadb. Infocomm. & Electrom. Theor., Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Nowadays the importance of multilink networks where end-to-end connections are provided by applying multiple communication links simultaneously is rapidly growing due to the expanding demand for high-speed Internet access and real-time video transmission. Since channel conditions may vary in time and space, the selection of the used communication links depends on traffic load, latency, coverage and desired data rate. Combining multilink architecture and adaptive video transmission can be therefore an effective solution for broadcasting video streams. In this paper the efficiency of the adaptive transmission scheme will be presented for a terrestrial heterogeneous multilink network which consists of WiMAX, LTE and HSDPA communication links.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Internet; Long Term Evolution; radio links; telecommunication traffic; video streaming; HSDPA communication links; LTE; WiMAX; adaptive link assignment; adaptive transmission scheme; adaptive video transmission; high-speed Internet access; multilink networks; multiple communication links; terrestrial heterogeneous multilink network; traffic load; video streaming; Base stations; Multiaccess communication; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Streaming media; Transform coding; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2011 IEEE 73rd

Conference_Location

Yokohama

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8332-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2011.5956404

Filename

5956404