Abstract
This paper presents an experimental wireless platform allowing the seamless handoff of mobile terminals with on-going video sessions across heterogeneous radio access technology networks. The handover decision is taken by considering parameters from the physical and network layers from both the mobile terminal and radio access networks using Media Independent Handover (MIH) concept. It is demonstrated that when the network is congested, triggering handover from MIH improves and maintains the perceived video quality of service.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Ekstrom, H., et al.: Technical solutions for the 3G long-term evolution. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine 44, 38–45 (2006)
Foldor, G., Eriksson, A., Tuoriniemi, A.: Providing Quality of Service in Always Best Connected Networks. IEEE Communications Magazine 41, 154–163 (2003)
Rodriguez, J., Tsagaropoulos, M., Politis, I., Dagiuklas, T., Kotsopoulos, S.: A Middleware Architecture Supporting Seamless and Secure Multimedia Services across an Inter-technology Radio Access Network. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine 16, 24–31 (2009)
IEEE 802.21/D10.0. Draft Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Independent Handover Services, IEEE Draft (2008)
Lampropoulos, G., Salkintzis, A.K., Passas, N.: Media-Independent Handover for Seamless Service Provision in Heterogeneous Networks. IEEE Communications Magazine 46, 64–71 (2008)
de la Oliva, A., et al.: An overview of IEEE 802.21, Media Independent Handover Services. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine 15, 96–103 (2008)
Xie, G., Chen, J., Jianhua, H.Z., Yu Zhang, Y.: Handover Latency of MIPv6 Implementation in Linux. In: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Washington, DC, USA (2007)
Dai, M., Loguinov, D.: A unified traffic model for MPEG-4 and H.264 video traces. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 11, 1010–1023 (2005)
Yoo, S.-J., Kim, S.-D.: Traffic modeling and QoS prediction for MPEG-coded video services over ATM networks, using scene level statistical characteristics. Journal of High Speed Networks 8, 211–224 (2000)
Krunz, M., Tripathi, S.: Scene-Based characterization of VBR MPEG-Compressed video traffic, Technical Report TR-3573, Institute for Advance Computer Studies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Maryland (1996)
Politis, I., et al.: On the QoS Assessment of Video Sessions in Heterogeneous 3G-WLAN Networks with Seamless and Secure Mobility Support. China Communications Magazine 4, 105–119 (2007)
Rizzo, L.: Dummynet: a simple approach to the evaluation of network protocols. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review 27, 31–41 (1997)
Vanguard Software Solutions, http://www.vanguard.com
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 ICST Institute for Computer Science, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
About this paper
Cite this paper
Dounis, L., Tsagaropoulos, M., Politis, I., Dagiuklas, T. (2010). An Experimental MIH Platform for Testing Video Streaming Services across Heterogeneous Radio Access Technology Networks. In: Chatzimisios, P., Verikoukis, C., Santamaría, I., Laddomada, M., Hoffmann, O. (eds) Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Mobilight 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_48
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_48
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-16643-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-16644-0
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)