Real-time video streaming using H.264 scalable video coding (SVC) in multihomed mobile networks: a testbed approach

James Nightingale; Qi Wang; Christos Grecos

doi:10.1117/12.872111

2 February 2011 Real-time video streaming using H.264 scalable video coding (SVC) in multihomed mobile networks: a testbed approach

James Nightingale, Qi Wang, Christos Grecos

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Proceedings Volume 7871, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2011; 78710B (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.872111
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2011, San Francisco Airport, California, United States

Abstract

Users of the next generation wireless paradigm known as multihomed mobile networks expect satisfactory quality of service (QoS) when accessing streamed multimedia content. The recent H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) extension to the Advanced Video Coding standard (AVC), offers the facility to adapt real-time video streams in response to the dynamic conditions of multiple network paths encountered in multihomed wireless mobile networks. Nevertheless, preexisting streaming algorithms were mainly proposed for AVC delivery over multipath wired networks and were evaluated by software simulation. This paper introduces a practical, hardware-based testbed upon which we implement and evaluate real-time H.264 SVC streaming algorithms in a realistic multihomed wireless mobile networks environment. We propose an optimised streaming algorithm with multi-fold technical contributions. Firstly, we extended the AVC packet prioritisation schemes to reflect the three-dimensional granularity of SVC. Secondly, we designed a mechanism for evaluating the effects of different streamer 'read ahead window' sizes on real-time performance. Thirdly, we took account of the previously unconsidered path switching and mobile networks tunnelling overheads encountered in real-world deployments. Finally, we implemented a path condition monitoring and reporting scheme to facilitate the intelligent path switching. The proposed system has been experimentally shown to offer a significant improvement in PSNR of the received stream compared with representative existing algorithms.

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James Nightingale, Qi Wang, and Christos Grecos "Real-time video streaming using H.264 scalable video coding (SVC) in multihomed mobile networks: a testbed approach", Proc. SPIE 7871, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2011, 78710B (2 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.872111

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