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Sub-packet forward error correction mechanism for video streaming over wireless networks

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Traditional Forward Error Correction (FEC) mechanisms can be divided into Packet level FEC (PFEC) mechanisms and Byte level FEC (BFEC) mechanisms. The PFEC mechanism of recovering from errors in a source packet requires an entire FEC redundant packet even though the error involves a few bit errors. The recovery capability of the BFEC mechanism is only half of the FEC redundancy. Accordingly, an adaptive Sub-Packet FEC (SPFEC) mechanism is proposed in this paper to improve the quality of video streaming data over wireless networks, simultaneously enhancing the recovery performance and reducing the end-to-end delay jitter. The SPFEC mechanism divides a packet into n sub-packets by means of the concept of a virtual packet. The SPFEC mechanism uses a checksum in each sub-packet to identify the position of the error sub-packet. Simulation experiments show the adaptive SPFEC mechanism achieves high recovery performance and low end-to-end delay jitter. The SPFEC mechanism outperforms traditional FEC mechanism in terms of packet loss rate and video Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR). SPFEC offers an alternative for improved efficiency video streaming that will be of interest to the designers of the next generation environments.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Bao-Shan Campus, No. 2, Shi-Da Rd., Changhua, Taiwan

    Der-Jiunn Deng

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Rd., Tainan, Taiwan

    Ming-Fong Tsai & Ce-Kuen Shieh

  3. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Kinmen Institute of Technology, No. 1, University Rd., Jinning, Kinmen, Taiwan

    Chih-Heng Ke

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Tsai, MF., Shieh, CK., Ke, CH. et al. Sub-packet forward error correction mechanism for video streaming over wireless networks. Multimed Tools Appl 47, 49–69 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-009-0406-5

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