Global optimization of video quality by improved rate control on IP-networks

Andy G. Backhouse; Irene Gu; Sverrir Olafsson; Mike J. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.503123

23 June 2003 Global optimization of video quality by improved rate control on IP-networks

Andy G. Backhouse, Irene Gu, Sverrir Olafsson, Mike J. Smith

Proceedings Volume 5150, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503123
Event: Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003, 2003, Lugano, Switzerland

Abstract

This paper addresses the optimal rate control in a communication network consisting of multiple users, transmitting video. We suggest that rate control in the Internet should take the signal properties into account. An optimal distribution of rates should maximise the aggregate quality of the received signals. This paper addresses video sequences specifically, but the results are expected to hold for more generalized signals as well. The optimal transmission rate of a user will vary in time. This is due to its dependence on time-varying parameters such as the traffic routing, network topology and the demands of other users. Moreover, the optimal transmission rate is dependent on the metric selected to describe the video quality. We show that when congestion is controlled `correctly' the optimal distribution of rates is an attractor. Using the proposed rate control mechanisms, the transmission rates will then converge weakly towards this attractor. The algorithm for rate control mechanisms for video transmission is then given. The proposed control mechanisms are directly implementable in the Internet without requiring intelligent feedback from the Internet gateways. Simulations using the proposed congestion control mechanisms have been conducted using different metrics to describe the video quality.

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Andy G. Backhouse, Irene Gu, Sverrir Olafsson, and Mike J. Smith "Global optimization of video quality by improved rate control on IP-networks", Proc. SPIE 5150, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003, (23 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503123

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