Multimedia group and inter-stream synchronization techniques: A comparative study

  • Authors:

  • Fernando Boronat;Jaime Lloret;Miguel García

  • Affiliations:

  • Communications Department, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia-IGIC Institute Ctra. Nazaret-Oliva S/N, 46730 Grao de Gandia, Valencia, Spain;Communications Department, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia-IGIC Institute Ctra. Nazaret-Oliva S/N, 46730 Grao de Gandia, Valencia, Spain;Communications Department, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia-IGIC Institute Ctra. Nazaret-Oliva S/N, 46730 Grao de Gandia, Valencia, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper presents the most comprehensive analysis and comparison of the most-known multimedia group and inter-stream synchronization approaches. Several types of multimedia synchronization are identified but only inter-stream and group synchronization algorithms are considered. This is the first survey including group synchronization techniques. A classification of the main synchronization techniques included in most of the analyzed algorithms complements the paper. Finally, a table is presented summarizing the main characteristics of each analyzed algorithm according to those techniques and other critical issues.