HYBRID TCP/UDP video transport for H.264/AVC content delivery in burst loss networks

Timothy Porter*, Xiao-Hong Peng

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference outputConference publication

Abstract

In this paper we propose a hybrid TCP/UDP transport, specifically for H.264/AVC encoded video, as a compromise between the delay-prone TCP and the loss-prone UDP. When implementing the hybrid approach, we argue that the playback at the receiver often need not be 100% perfect, provided that a certain level of quality is assured. Reliable TCP is used to transmit and guarantee delivery of the most important packets. This allows use of additional features in the H.264/AVC standard which simultaneously provide an enhanced playback quality, in addition to a reduction in throughput. These benefits are demonstrated through experimental results using a test-bed to emulate the hybrid proposal. We compare the proposed system with other protection methods, such as FEC, and in one case show that for the same bandwidth overhead, FEC is unable to match the performance of the hybrid system in terms of playback quality. Furthermore, we measure the delay associated with our approach, and examine its potential for use as an alternative to the conventional methods of transporting video by either TCP or UDP alone.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-61284-350-6
ISBN (Print)978-1-61284-348-3, 978-1-61284-349-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2011
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 11 Jul 201115 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
Abbreviated titleICME 2011
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period11/07/1115/07/11

Keywords

  • FEC
  • H.264/AVC
  • hybrid TCP/UDP
  • TCP
  • UDP

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