Adaptive video streaming over the internet.

• Other Authors: Lam, Ling Shun.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Streaming technology (Telecommunications); Webcasting
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891902; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324579

Lam Ling Shun. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Acknowledgement --- p.i === Abstract --- p.ii === 摘要 --- p.iii === Chapter Part I - --- A Transparent Rate Adaptation Algorithm for Streaming Video Over The Internet --- p.1 === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.2 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Related Work --- p.5 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- System Model --- p.8 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Client Buffer Occupancy and Network Bandwidth Estimation --- p.12 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Rate Adaptation --- p.16 === Chapter 5.1 --- Segment-based Rate Control --- p.16 === Chapter 5.2 --- Preemptive Rate Control --- p.18 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.20 === Chapter 6.1 --- Sensitivity to Prefetch Duration --- p.22 === Chapter 6.2 --- Effectiveness of Preemptive Rate Control --- p.24 === Chapter 6.3 --- Comparison with the CR algorithm --- p.25 === Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.28 === Bibliography --- p.29 === Chapter Part II - --- Buddy-TCP - A Sender-driven Algorithm for Bandwidth Reallocation Among TCP Flows --- p.31 === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.32 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.36 === Chapter 2.1 --- Flow Control --- p.36 === Chapter 2.2 --- Congestion Control --- p.37 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Buddy-TCP --- p.39 === Chapter 3.1 --- Sender Protocol Stack --- p.39 === Chapter 3.2 --- Joint Congestion Window Update --- p.42 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Performance Study --- p.47 === Chapter 4.1 --- Performance Metrics --- p.48 === Chapter 4.2 --- Bandwidth Allocation Accuracy --- p.50 === Chapter 4.3 --- Impact on Ordinary TCP Flows --- p.52 === Chapter 4.4 --- Effect of Heterogeneous RTTs --- p.55 === Chapter 4.5 --- Effect of Random Packet Loss --- p.58 === Chapter 4.6 --- Effect of TCP SACK --- p.62 === Chapter 4.7 --- Effect of Abrupt Link Congestion --- p.64 === Chapter 4.8 --- Convergence --- p.66 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Implementation and Experimental Results --- p.68 === Chapter 5.1 --- Implementation --- p.68 === Chapter 5.2 --- Experimental Results --- p.69 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.73 === Bibliography --- p.75