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Energy-efficient joint video encoding and transmission framework for WVSN

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In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient joint video encoding and transmission framework for network lifetime extension, under an end-to-end video quality constraint in the Wireless Video Sensor Networks (WVSN). This framework integrates an energy-efficient and adaptive intra-only video encoding scheme based on the H.264/AVC standard, that outputs two service differentiated macroblocks categories, namely the Region Of Interest and the Background. Empirical models describing the physical behavior of the measured energies and distortions, during the video encoding and transmission phases, are derived. These models enable the video source node to dynamically adapt its video encoder’s configuration in order to meet the desired quality, while extending the network lifetime. An energy-efficient and reliable multipath multi-priority routing protocol is proposed to route the encoded streams to the sink, while considering the remaining energy, the congestion level as well as the packet loss rates of the intermediate nodes. Moreover, this protocol interacts with the application layer in order to bypass congestion situations and continuously feed it with current statistics. Through extensive numerical simulations, we demonstrate that the proposed framework does not only extend the video sensor lifetime by 54%, but it also performs significant end-to-end video quality enhancement of 35% in terms of Mean Squared Error (MSE) measurement.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the excellence fellowships program of the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) of Morocco (G01/003) and the Franco-Moroccan cooperation program in STICs for the research project “RECIF”.

The authors would also like to thank the editorial office Christian Malan, the editor-in-chief, the guest editors as well as the anonymous reviewers for their efforts and valuable comments and suggestions that have led to improvements in this paper.

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  1. Ecole Supérieure de Technologie de Safi, Université Cadi Ayyad, Safi, Morocco

    Othmane Alaoui-Fdili

  2. LRIT-CNRST 29, Faculté des sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

    Othmane Alaoui-Fdili, Youssef Fakhri & Driss Aboutajdine

  3. IEMN UMR 8520, Department OAE, University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis, Valenciennes, France

    François-Xavier Coudoux & Patrick Corlay

  4. LARIT Networks and Telecommunications Team, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco

    Youssef Fakhri

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Alaoui-Fdili, O., Coudoux, FX., Fakhri, Y. et al. Energy-efficient joint video encoding and transmission framework for WVSN. Multimed Tools Appl 77, 4509–4541 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-017-4904-6

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