Rateless scalable video coding for overlay multisource streaming in MANETs

  • Authors:

  • T. Schierl;S. Johansen;A. Perkis;T. Wiegand

  • Affiliations:

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Einsteinufer 37, D-10587 Berlin, Germany;Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communications Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communications Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Einsteinufer 37, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Recent advances in forward error correction and scalable video coding enable new approaches for robust, distributed streaming in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). This paper presents an approach for distribution of real time video by uncoordinated peer-to-peer relay or source nodes in an overlay network on top of a MANET. The approach proposed here allows for distributed, rate-distortion optimized transmission-rate allocation for competing scalable video streams at relay nodes in the overlay network. The approach has the desirable feature of path/source diversity that can be used for enhancing reliability in connectivity to serving nodes and/or attaining a higher throughput. The distributed approach reduces signaling overhead as well as avoiding scalability issues that come with centralized processing in MANETs. Results show a significant performance gain over both single-server systems and previously proposed multi-source systems.