Low latency adaptive streaming of HD H.264 video over 802.11 wireless networks with cross-layer feedback

Andrew Patti; Wai-tian Tan; Bo Shen

doi:10.1117/12.740213

8 October 2007 Low latency adaptive streaming of HD H.264 video over 802.11 wireless networks with cross-layer feedback

Andrew Patti, Wai-tian Tan, Bo Shen

Proceedings Volume 6696, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXX; 66960Z (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740213
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Streaming video in consumer homes over wireless IEEE 802.11 networks is becoming commonplace. Wireless 802.11 networks pose unique difficulties for streaming high definition (HD), low latency video due to their error-prone physical layer and media access procedures which were not designed for real-time traffic. HD video streaming, even with sophisticated H.264 encoding, is particularly challenging due to the large number of packet fragments per slice. Cross-layer design strategies have been proposed to address the issues of video streaming over 802.11. These designs increase streaming robustness by imposing some degree of monitoring and control over 802.11 parameters from application level, or by making the 802.11 layer media-aware. Important contributions are made, but none of the existing approaches directly take the 802.11 queuing into account. In this paper we take a different approach and propose a cross-layer design allowing direct, expedient control over the wireless packet queue, while obtaining timely feedback on transmission status for each packet in a media flow. This method can be fully implemented on a media sender with no explicit support or changes required to the media client. We assume that due to congestion or deteriorating signal-to-noise levels, the available throughput may drop substantially for extended periods of time, and thus propose video source adaptation methods that allow matching the bit-rate to available throughput. A particular H.264 slice encoding is presented to enable seamless stream switching between streams at multiple bit-rates, and we explore using new computationally efficient transcoding methods when only a high bit-rate stream is available.

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Andrew Patti, Wai-tian Tan, and Bo Shen "Low latency adaptive streaming of HD H.264 video over 802.11 wireless networks with cross-layer feedback", Proc. SPIE 6696, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXX, 66960Z (8 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740213

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