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In case of one-way streaming media applications over IP networks, it is well known that pre-buffering at the receiver side is very effective in overcoming network fluctuations. However, under the mobile IP situation that faces intermittent handoff of several seconds, it is not trivial to sustain seamless playback if latency requirement is stringent. Inaccurate and conservative choice on the required margin of buffering can waste limited latency budget, resulting in overall quality degradation. Thus, in this paper, we introduce a novel scheme that helps estimate the required pre-buffer size more accurately by considering both handoff duration and transient packet losses. Network simulation shows that the proposed scheme can provide an appropriate guideline on the buffer parameters and thus can facilitate the seamless streaming over the mobile IPv6 networks.
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Lee, D., Kim, J. (2004). Buffer Level Estimation for Seamless Media Streaming in Mobile IPv6 Networks. In: Aizawa, K., Nakamura, Y., Satoh, S. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2004. PCM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3331. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30541-5_18
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