Title :
Video streaming using content-aware unequal error protection fountain codes
Author :
Schier, Michael ; Welzl, Michael
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Abstract :
We present a novel mechanism for estimating the perceptual importance of network packets constituting a video stream. We explain how this information can be used to extend existing rateless coding schemes and present first results demonstrating the expected increase in perceptual quality.
Keywords :
codes; ubiquitous computing; video streaming; content-aware unequal error; network packets; perceptual importance; protection fountain codes; rateless coding schemes; video streaming; Conferences; Decoding; Encoding; Error correction codes; Estimation; Probability distribution; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8789-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCNC.2011.5766530
