Session management in a multi-channel video streaming system for wireless networks

Abstract

We investigate the responsibilities of the session manager in a multi-channel streaming video session over wireless networks. The session manager decides how many channels should be active in the next time interval on the basis of session measurement reports and other considerations. We suggest a simple algorithm for session management and evaluate its performance against unmanaged multi-channel sessions. Experimental results reveal that system performance significantly improved in the managed as compared to the unmanaged session.