Packet interleaving over lossy channels

Real packet channels are characterized by losses and delays as they both affect the performance of applications. A large number of techniques have been proposed in the literature for coding and recovery of lost information. In this paper we introduce a design framework to analyze, the impact of packet interleaving at the transmitter on the quality of service (QoS). Preliminary results are presented for Markov-chain based losses and Gamma-distributed delays. The optimization furnishes optimal packet interleaving proportions depending on channel statistics and maximum allowed delay, which is typically application dependent.

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