Channel Allocation for Adaptive Video Streaming in Vehicular Networks

Video services in vehicular networks play an important role in future intelligent transportation systems and vehicular infotainment systems. Yet, at the presence of other services with high priorities, the remaining radio resources for video services are highly dynamic. To support video service of multiple vehicles in vehicular networks, we propose a joint channel allocation and adaptive video streaming algorithm that makes the vehicles compete for channel access opportunities and to request video data with a proper visual quality according to their utilities. A vehicle's request is determined by taking several key factors into consideration, including the location and the velocity of the vehicle, the activity of the high-priority services, the intensity of the competition among multiple vehicles, and the smoothness requirement of visual quality. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is superior to the existing algorithms in both interruption ratio and visual quality.

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