An SCTP-based Control Mechanism for Video Streaming Hot-Plug

• Main Authors: Ming-Chi Tsai, 蔡明其
• Other Authors: Chung-Ming Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93598537690459386514

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 資訊工程學系碩博士班 === 93 === Video streaming hot-plug is defined as keeping video streaming to be continuous when a host is switched from wired/wireless to wireless/wired networks, or from one wireless network to another wireless network. In this thesis, video streaming hot-plug mechanisms using Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), which is a new transport layer protocol supporting multihoming, are proposed. Using SCTP, a host can establish multiple paths, e.g., one through the wired network and another one through the wireless network, to communicate with its peer. Two SCTP extensions, the SCTP ADDIP extension and (Partially Reliable) PR-SCTP are adopted to implement the corresponding system called "MOVIDEO". The SCTP ADDIP extension enables the host to dynamically configure IP addresses and the primary path used for the association, whereas PR-SCTP provides a partially reliable transmission option for the host to transmit data. Performance evaluation of the "MOVIDEO" system is also provided in this thesis. The experimental results demonstrate that, using the proposed video streaming hot-plug mechanism, the connection of the video streaming service would not be broken and the playout of the video can be kept uninterrupted wherever the user roams.