Resource allocation for multimedia streaming over the Internet

  • Authors:

  • Qian Zhang;Wenwu Zhu;Ya-Qin Zhang

  • Affiliations:

  • Microsoft Res., Beijing;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper addresses the resource allocation problem for multiple media streaming over the Internet. First, we present an end-to-end transport architecture for multimedia streaming over the Internet. Second, we propose a new multimedia streaming TCP-friendly protocol (MSTFP), which combines forward estimation of network conditions with information feedback control to optimally track the network conditions. Third, we propose a novel resource allocation scheme to adapt media rate to the estimated network bandwidth using each media's rate-distortion function under various network conditions. By dynamically allocating resources according to network status and media characteristics, we improve the end-to-end quality of services (QoS). Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed schemes