Efficient Selective Frame Discard Algorithms for Stored Video Delivery across Resource Constrained Networks

Video delivery from a server to a client across a network is an important component of many multimedia applications. While delivering a video stream across a resource constrained network, loss of frames may be unavoidable. Under such circumstances, it is desirable to find a server transmission schedule that can efficiently utilize the network resources while maximizing the perceived quality-of-service (QoS) at the client. To address this issue, in this paper we introduce the notion of selective frame discard at the server and formulate the optimal selective frame discard problem using a QoS-based cost function. Given network bandwidth and client buffer constraints, we develop an

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: INFOCOM
• Authors: Zhi-Li Zhang, Srihari Nelakuditi, Rahul Aggarwal, Rose P. Tsang
• Keywords: Algorithms, Communications, INFOCOM 1999, Optimal Selective Frame, Selective Frame Discard