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Evaluating the significance of error checksums for wireless video streaming

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Efficient streaming of bandwidth intensive and delay sensitive multimedia contents over error prone wireless links has proven to be one of the most challenging problems of current era of digital communication. Applying unequal error protection strategies and avoiding unnecessary packet discard at various network levels yield valuable outcomes. In this article, we have proposed the idea of discriminating classified video streaming calls from the data packeting over IEEE WLAN through bit demarcation in network packet headers. Error computation at various network levels are evaluated and disabled in order to attain increased throughput characterized by the higher number of packets available for decoding, enhanced multimedia visual quality due to gap elimination (appears as a consequence of some frame loss), efficient utilization of link bandwidth with no re-transmissions and reduced delays with least error checksum computations and packet re-transmissions. Moreover, collaborative estimation of various layers parameters results in proficient selection of streaming parameters like group of picture structure, inter spacing of anchor frames, constellation coding and signal power. The proposed system will be helpful in future information and communication systems by providing reliable video streaming over wireless.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, College of Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences, Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

    Saima Shaheen, M. Usman Akram, Shoab A. Khan & M Younas Javed

  2. Department of Computer Science, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan

    Aasia Khannum

  3. Department of Multimedia, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea

    SangHyun Seo

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Shaheen, S., Khannum, A., Akram, M.U. et al. Evaluating the significance of error checksums for wireless video streaming. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 14759–14781 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2636-z

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