A smooth playback technique for progressively encoded multimedia streams over the internet with wireless connections

Abstract

Recent advances in wireless communication and multimedia processing allow mobile hosts access to multimedia content on the Internet via wireless connections. However, due to the best-effort character of the Internet and the limited resources available in wireless systems, there are many new issues and trade-offs that require discussion. Among these issues, the smooth playback of multimedia streams is an important topic. In this paper, we present a smooth playback technique for progressive multimedia streams over the Internet with wireless connections. The proposed technique employs progressive encoding techniques for multimedia streams and uses a modified MoSync algorithm to synchronize the streams at different levels of quality. Experimental results show that this technique can offer a high QoS for wireless multimedia systems.