A bandwidth smoothing algorithm applied in streaming media system upon home network

Author

Wang, Haiwei ; Zhu, Xiaoyong ; Ni, Hong ; Sun, Peng

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Network Commun. Syst. & Control, USTC, Hefei, China

Volume

1

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 June 2010

Abstract

Bandwidth smoothing can increase the utility of network bandwidth by reducing the burstiness of a VBR (variable bit rate) video stream. To guarantee the quality of service of video-on-command service in home network, data transmission rate should not exceed the maximum data handling capacity of embedded terminals. This paper designs a streaming media system in home network, and puts forward a smoothing algorithm based on greedy algorithm for transmitting VBR video streams subjected to maximum data transmitting rate. The presented algorithm can decrease startup delay of streaming and meet the demand of client buffering requirement under the constraint of maximum transmission rate. Experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented algorithm.

Keywords

computer networks; home computing; smoothing methods; video streaming; bandwidth smoothing algorithm; home network; streaming media system; variable bit rate video stream; video-on-command service; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Data communication; Data handling; Greedy algorithms; Home automation; Quality of service; Smoothing methods; Streaming media; bandwidth smoothing; home network; streaming media system; variable bit rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education Technology and Computer (ICETC), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6367-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETC.2010.5529248

Filename

5529248