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High Data Rate Video Transmission Using Parallel TCP Connections: Approaches and Performance Evaluation

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In our study, we investigate a packet-level protocol parallelization approach, which works by parallel multithreading the protocol execution such that packets within and among connections are processed in parallel using distinct processors/threads. The major advantage of this approach is its high scalability—with proper scheduling, more protocol connections, and hence more requests, can be supported by using more threads. In this paper, we present results of our detailed simulations using the NS-2 platform for reliably transferring video stream data in a client-server system. Different types of parameters are used to measure the performance. The parameters include available network bandwidth, different number of TCP connections, and different video sources. Our results show that a parallel approach can indeed significantly enhance the playback quality.

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    Hon-Hing Wan & Yu-Kwong Kwok

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Wan, HH., Kwok, YK. High Data Rate Video Transmission Using Parallel TCP Connections: Approaches and Performance Evaluation. J Supercomput 35, 119–139 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-006-3071-8

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