Enhancing play-out performance for internet video communications

• Main Author: Yip, See Wai.
• Other Authors: Foo Shou Boon, Schubert
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Computer-communication networks
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42658
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The widespread usage and deployment of the Internet coupled with advancement in hardware technology has made Internet an attractive alternative to traditional POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) for providing real-time audio/video communication services. Internet not only enables low cost long distance telephony, it also allows real-time data sharing and video communication to be possible. However, Internet is highly unreliable and its basic communication protocol suit (TCP/IP) is not sufficient for supporting real-time services. The use of additional mechanisms like real-time protocol, compression, rate and error control and concealment are required to support real-time audio/video services over Internet.