Title: Towards self-adaptation in DiffServ-GMPLS network for video-conferencing services

Authors: Hassine Moungla, Francine Krief

Addresses: INRIA – ARLES Project Team, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, B.P. 105, 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, France; LIPN Laboratory – UMR 7030 CNRS, Paris XIII University, 99, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clement, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. ' LaBRI Laboratory – UMR 5800 CNRS, University of Bordeaux I, 351, cours de la Liberation, 33400 Talence, France

Abstract: The recently developed H.264 video standard achieves efficient encoding over a bandwidth ranging from a few kilobits per second to several megabits per second. Hence, transporting H.264 video is expected to be an important component of many networks multimedia services. However, due to lack of QoS support reaction networks, the basic GMPLS network management is not sufficient to deliver real-time traffic. The delivery should be augmented by appropriate mechanisms to adjust the QoS parameters. In this paper we address H.264 video transmission over GMPLS networks by proposing a robust policy based control architecture that leverages the inherent H.264 error resilience tools.

Keywords: DiffServ; GMPLS networks; policy based control; MPEG4; H.264 video transmission; video standards; error resilience; self-adaptation; encoding; videoconferencing; multimedia services; network management; QoS; quality of service.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPT.2008.019296

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, 2008 Vol.3 No.1, pp.54 - 62

Published online: 06 Jul 2008 *

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