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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2014.19.3.063

MAC-Layer Error Control for Real-Time Broadcasting of MPEG-4 Scalable Video over 3G Networks  

Kang, Kyungtae (Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Hanyang University)
Noh, Dong Kun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.19, no.3, 2014 , pp. 63-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
We analyze the execution time of Reed-Solomon coding, which is the MAC-layer forward error correction scheme used in CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadcast services, under different air channel conditions. The results show that the time constraints of MPEG-4 cannot be guaranteed by Reed-Solomon decoding when the packet loss rate (PLR) is high, due to its long computation time on current hardware. To alleviate this problem, we propose three error control schemes. Our static scheme bypasses Reed-Solomon decoding at the mobile node to satisfy the MPEG-4 time constraint when the PLR exceeds a given boundary. Second, dynamic scheme corrects errors in a best-effort manner within the time constraint, instead of giving up altogether when the PLR is high; this achieves a further quality improvement. The third, video-aware dynamic scheme fixes errors in a similar way to the dynamic scheme, but in a priority-driven manner which makes the video appear smoother. Extensive simulation results show the effectiveness of our schemes compared to the original FEC scheme.
Keywords
Error control; real-time broadcasting; Reed-Solomon coding; MPEG-4 scalable video;
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