A new end-to-end QoS mechanism for video delivery over heterogeneous networks

• Published in: 2006 IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks pp. 5 pp. - 5
• Main Authors: Shirwadkar, U., Chilamkurti, N., Chih-Heng Ke, Shieh, C.K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2006
• Subjects: Computer networks; Computer science; Delay; DiffServ; Diffserv networks; EDCF; H.264 Video; IEEE 802.11e; IP networks; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Video on demand; Videoconference; Wireless QoS

The need for QoS for multimedia traffic arouse from the fact that the current network is a best effort network where all packets are treated equally irrespective of their importance. Moreover when a video packet changes its mode of transport from wired to wireless there arises a need to identify the...