CBR transportation of VBR MPEG-2 video traffic for video-on-demand in ATM networks

Author

Ni, Jian ; Yang, Tao ; Tsang, Danny H K

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Tech. Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

23-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

1391

Abstract

A CBR transport scheme for VBR MPEG-2 video-on-demand traffic in ATM networks is proposed. The basic idea is to smooth the VBR traffic to match a given bandwidth. In order to keep the continuous playback of the video, our scheme requires a suitable amount of buffer space at the receiver side and introduces an initial playback delay. We study these two performance measures as functions of the allocated bandwidth. For a given buffer size and bandwidth, it is sometimes necessary to control the transmission in order to satisfy the required QoS. Two control methods are examined and the corresponding minimum buffer requirements for the given QoS and bandwidth are investigated

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; code standards; delays; image sequences; interactive television; interactive video; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication networks; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; video coding; ATM networks; CBR transportation; MPEG-2 sequence; QoS; VBR MPEG-2 video traffic; bandwidth; buffer size; buffer space; continuous video playback; control methods; performance measures; playback delay; receiver; transmission control; video on demand; Bandwidth; Intelligent networks; Layout; Paper technology; Smoothing methods; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Transform coding; Transportation; Video sequences;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1996. ICC '96, Conference Record, Converging Technologies for Tomorrow's Applications. 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3250-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1996.533637

Filename

533637