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A Cross-Layer based Video Transmission Scheme using Efficient Bandwidth Estimation in IEEE 802.11e EDCA  

Shin, Pil-Gyu (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
Lee, Sun-Hun (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
Chung, Kwang-Sue (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
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Journal of KIISE:Information Networking / v.35, no.3, 2008 , pp. 173-182 More about this Journal
Abstract
Promoting quality of streaming service in wireless networks has attracted intensive research over the years. Instable wireless channel condition causes high transmission delay and packet loss, due to fading and interference. Therefore, they lead to degrade quality of video streaming service. The IEEE 802.11 Working Group is currently working on a new standard called IEEE 802.11e to support quality of service in WLANs. And several schemes were proposed in order to guarantee QoS. However, they are not adaptable to network condition. Accordingly, they suffered video quality degradation, due to buffer overflow or packet loss. In this paper, to promote quality of video streaming service in WLANs, we propose a cross-layer architecture based on IEEE 802.11e EDCA model. Our cross-layer architecture provides differentiated transmission mechanism of IEEE 802.11e EDCA based on priority of MPEG-4 video frames and adaptively controls the transmission rate by dropping video frames through the efficient bandwidth estimation based on distinction of each AC. Through the simulation, proposed scheme is shown to be able to improve end-to-end qualify for video streaming service in WLANs.
Keywords
IEEE 802.11e EDCA; Streaming; Cross-layer;
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