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An Adaptive Packet and Block Length Forward Error Correction for Video Streaming Over Wireless Networks

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Video streaming over wireless networks is a challenging task due to its high error rate. Forward error correction (FEC) is a popular mechanism to recover lost packets for video streaming. Conventional FEC mechanisms use a whole redundant packet to recover the error source packet, when the packet error occurs with only a few bit errors inside. In this paper, we propose an Adaptive packet and block length FEC (APB-FEC) control mechanism. In order to overcome the high bit error rate, a small packet length reduces the packet error rate and a large FEC block length will enhance the recovery performance. Our proposed APB-FEC can obtain better recovery performance than conventional FEC mechanisms. Hence, APB-FEC can also reduce retransmission overhead. Using extensive emulations, we validate the efficiency of APB-FEC mechanism for video streaming over wireless networks.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Ming-Fong Tsai & Ce-Kuen Shieh

  2. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Australia

    Naveen Chilamkurti

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Tsai, MF., Chilamkurti, N. & Shieh, CK. An Adaptive Packet and Block Length Forward Error Correction for Video Streaming Over Wireless Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 56, 435–446 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-9981-z

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