Quality of service issues for MPEG-2 video over ATM

Author

Riley, Martyn J. ; Richardson, Iain E G

Author_Institution

High Performance Networks Res. Center, Robert Gordon Univ., Aberdeen, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

12-16 Sep 1996

Firstpage

583

Lastpage

587

Abstract

We review the techniques available for the transmission of MPEG-2 compressed video over ATM networks. The compressed video data is grouped into packets for transmission within the MPEG-2 systems layer. These packets are transmitted over one of a number of alternative ATM adaptation protocols and then over the ATM layer. MPEG-2 video requires an extremely high quality of service (QoS) from the transport system as it is extremely sensitive to cell losses. These requirements can be met by the network or by added functionality in the end systems. We consider how the end systems can, code the video to minimise the effect of errors, conceal errors, shape the traffic with rate control, perform forward error correction and implement scalable video coding. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; ATM adaptation protocols; ATM layer; ATM networks; MPEG-2 compressed video transmission; MPEG-2 systems layer; QoS; cell losses; compressed video data; end systems; error concealment; error minimisation; forward error correction; packet transmission; quality of service; rate control; scalable video coding; traffic shaping; transport system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Broadcasting Convention, International (Conf. Publ. No. 428)

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-663-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19960873

Filename

643243