• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.114-124
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose a practical TCP friendly rate control scheme that considers the minimum channel bandwidth of the network when transporting SVC (scalable video coding) video over IP netowrks such as Internet. RTP and RTCP is mainly designed for use with UDP (User Datagram Protocol) for real-time video transport over the Internet. TCP-friendly rate control was proposed to satisfy the demands of multimedia applications while being reasonably fair when competing for bandwidth with conventional TCP applications. However the rate control model of the conventional TCP-friendly rate control scheme does not consider the minimum channel bandwidth of the network. Thus the estimated channel bandwidth by the conventional rate control model might be quite different from the real channel bandwidth when the packet loss ratio of the network is very large. In this paper, we propose a modified TCP-friendly rate control scheme that considers the minimum channel bandwidth of the network. Based on the modified TCP-friendly rate control, we assign the minimum channel bandwidth to the base layer bitstream of SVC video, and remaining available bandwidth is allocated to the enhancement layer of SVC video for the TCP friendly scalable video transmission. It is shown by simulations that the modified TCP-friendly rate control scheme can be effectively used for a wider range of controlled bit rates depending on the packet loss ratio than the conventional TCP-friendly control scheme. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in terms of objective video quality is proved by comparing PSNR performance with the conventional scheme.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.6C
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• pp.471-479
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm to automatically generate an RTP timestamp value that is required for the RTP packetization in order to transmit SVC video over various If networks such as Internet. Unlike the conventional single layer coding algorithms such as H.263, MPEG-4 and H.264, SVC generates a multi-layered single bitstream which is composed of a base layer and one or more enhancement layers in order to simultaneously provide temporal, spatial, and SNR scalability. Especially, in order to provide temporal scalability based on hierarchical B-picture prediction structure, the encoding (or transmission) and display order of pictures in SVC coding is completely decoupled. Thus, the timestamp value to be specified at the header of each RTP packet in video transmission does not increase monotonically according to the display time instant of each picture. Until now, no method for automatically generating an RTP timestamp when SVC video is loaded in a RTP packet has teen introduced. In this paper, a novel automatic RTP timestamp generation method exploiting the TID (temporal ID) field of the SVC NAL unit header is proposed to accommodate the SVC video transmission.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.270-273
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• 2010

스케일러블 비디오 부호화(SVC: Scalable Video Coding)는 하나의 비트스트림 결과물로부터 둘 이상의 다중 비트율 및 해상도, 프레임율을 추출할 수 있도록 MPEG의 스케일러블 비디오 코딩 국제 표준을 준수하여 부호화한 비디오 비트스트림을 의미한다. 우리는 SVC(Scalable Video Coding)기반기술을 이용하여 하나의 콘텐츠를 통해 소비환경에 적응적인 비디오 스트리밍 서비스를 IP망을 기반으로 적용하기 위한 응용기술을 개발하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단말로 부터 전송채널에 대한 상태를 전송받아 이에 맞게 콘텐츠를 적응변환 하고 다양한 품질의 단말에서의 스트리밍을 제공하는 SVC 미디어 서버를 관리하는 SVC 서버 관리 제어기의 설계 및 그 구현에 관한 내용이다. 이와 같이 SVC 서버 관리 제어기의 개발을 통해서 SVC의 다양한 콘텐츠 적응레벨을 설정하고 관리할 수 있다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.872-883
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• 2013

In this paper, we design and analyze performance of Exclusive-OR based FEC (Forward error correction) system to deploy SVC video transmission service over packet-loss prone IP network. In the designed system, we adopt standard compliant Exclusive-OR based FEC scheme and apply it to be appropriate to the hierarchical layer structure of SVC video. To verify the performance of the designed Exclusive-OR based FEC system for SVC video transmission, we employ NIST-NET based transport simulator. By the SVC video transmission using the NIST-NET based simulator, we confirm the error resilient transmission performance of the designed Exclusive-OR based FEC system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39B no.2
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• pp.95-101
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• 2014

Scalable video coding (SVC) encodes multimedia data into a base layer and enhancement layers to cope with variable network conditions in an adaptive manner. In SVC, enhancement layers can be decoded only when the base layer is successively received. However, existing works on SVC transmissions in IEEE 802.11 WLANs do not fully investigate this characteristic and thus their performance can be degraded. In this paper, we propose a SVC-aware retransmission (SAR) scheme in IEEE 802.11 WLANs. The SAR scheme applies different retransmission policies for base and enhancement layers by obtaining the optimal number of frames to be retransmitted. As a result, the SAR scheme can reduce unnecessary retransmissions and minimize the transmission latency. Simulation results demonstrate that the SAR scheme can reduce unnecessary data transmission by 12.6% and the transmission latency by 6.6~19.1% compared to conventional retransmission schemes.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37A no.9
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• pp.746-752
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• 2012

SVC layered video is consists of a Base Layer (BL) and Enhancement Layer (EL). Without the base layer decoding, the higher EL layer can not be decoded. Therefore, successful transfer of the BL is important factor for improving the SVC video data. In this paper, we propose a network coding of layered video to improve success decoding probability with the importance order of the video data over a multi-relay system. We shows that formula analysis and experimental results of the proposed network coding scheme. In addition, we shows performance of video quality according to the number of relays.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.363-373
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• 2010

The existing QoS mechanisms for video streaming are short of the consideration for various user environments and the characteristic of streaming applying programs. In order to overwhelm this problem, studies on the video streaming protocols exploiting scalable video coding (SVC), which provide spatial, temporal, and qualitative scalability in video coding, are progressing actively. However, these protocols also have the problem to deepen network congestion situation, and to lower fairness between other traffics, as they are not equipped with congestion control mechanisms. SVC based streaming protocols also have the problem to overlook the property of videos encoded in SVC, as the protocols transmit the streaming simply by extracting the bitstream which has the maximum bit rate within available bandwidth of a network. To solve these problems, this study suggests TCP-friendly network adaptive SVC streaming(T-NASS) protocol which considers both network status and SVC bitstream property. T-NASS protocol extracts the optimal SVC bitstream by calculating TCP-friendly transmission rate, and by perceiving the network status on the basis of packet loss rate and explicit congestion notification(ECN). Through the performance estimation using an ns-2 network simulator, this study identified T-NASS protocol extracts the optimal bitstream as it uses TCP-friendly transmission property and perceives the network status, and also identified the video image quality transmitted through T-NASS protocol is improved.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.114-117
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• 2017

Scalable Video Coding(SVC)은 효율적인 스트리밍을 제공하기 위해 제안된 비디오 코딩 방식으로 비디오 파일을 계층적으로 구분을 하여 기초 계층에 향상 계층을 추가하여 비디오의 해상도, 프레임 재생율 그리고 화질을 개선시킬 수 있다. 현재 Software Defined Networing(SDN) 환경에서 SVC를 이용한 다양한 라우팅 기법 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문은 SDN 환경에서 네트워크 상태에 따라 하나 또는 여러 개의 경로로 전송을 하는 하이브리드 비디오 스트리밍을 제안한다. 제안 기법에서 경로의 선택은 SVC의 계층별로 진행한다. 제안 기법을 통해 비디오 세그먼트의 손실율을 줄여 높은 QoE를 제공할 수 있고 비디오의 끊김 현상을 최소화 할 수 있다.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.2 no.9
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• pp.381-392
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• 2013

During the last decade, the multitude of advances attained in terminal computers, along with the introduction of mobile hand-held devices, and the deployment of high speed networks have led to a recent surge of interest in Quality of Service (QoS) for video applications. The main difficulty is that mobile devices experience disparate channel conditions, which results in different rates and patterns of packet loss. One way of making more efficient use of network resources in video services over wireless channels with heterogeneous characteristics to heterogeneous types of mobile device is to use a scalable video coding (SVC). An SVC divides a video stream into a base layer and a single or multiple enhancement layers. We have to ensure that the base layer of the video stream is successfully received and decoded by the subscribers, because it provides the basis for the subsequent decoding of the enhancement layer(s). At the same time, a system should be designed so that the enhancement layer(s) can be successfully decoded by as many users as possible, so that the average QoS is as high as possible. To accommodate these characteristics, we propose an efficient transmission scheme which incorporates SVC-aware dual-channel repetition to improve the perceived quality of services. We repeat the base-layer data over two channels, with different characteristics, to exploit transmission diversity. On the other hand, those channels are utilized to increase the data rate of enhancement layer data. This arrangement reduces service disruption under poor channel conditions by protecting the data that is more important to video decoding. Simulations show that our scheme safeguards the important packets and improves perceived video quality at a mobile device.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.975-979
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• 2010

Existing quality adaptation schemes are useful for improving network stability in a congested network, but these schemes do not guarantee the quality of experience on video streaming due to the frequent variations in playback quality for a streaming service. In this paper, we propose a network-adaptive quality adaptation scheme to guarantee the quality of experience on SVC(Scalable Video Coding) video streaming. The proposed scheme estimates the available bandwidth by bandwidth measurement scheme using media characteristic, and then smoothly adjusts the quality level of SVC video stream according to the estimated bandwidth. Through the simulation, we prove that our scheme guarantees the quality of experience for video streaming by minimizing quality variation.