Asynchronous and Reliable Multimedia Multicast with Heterogeneous QoS Constraints

We present an asynchronous and reliable multicast framework for a scalable multimedia system. An unequal error protection (UEP) transmission scheme employing a layered packetization structure and rateless codes is proposed. With this scheme, asynchronous data reception and guaranteed quality-of-service (QoS) can be achieved at the same time. Furthermore, a novel allocation algorithm is developed within the layered multicast framework, which can minimize the system cost in terms of the number of transmitted packets. Simulation results show that the proposed rateless-codes-based transmission scheme works well for asynchronous multicasting to heterogeneous receivers, and can be applied to a wide range of multimedia applications.

[1]  Richard E. Ladner,et al.  Unequal loss protection: graceful degradation of image quality over packet erasure channels through forward error correction , 2000, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

[2]  Helen J. Wang,et al.  LAYERED MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION CODING , 2003 .

[3]  Albert Wang,et al.  Error control for receiver-driven layered multicast of audio and video , 2001, IEEE Trans. Multim..

[4]  Zixiang Xiong,et al.  Expanding Window Fountain codes for scalable video multicast , 2008, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo.

[5]  William A. Pearlman,et al.  A new, fast, and efficient image codec based on set partitioning in hierarchical trees , 1996, IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol..

[6]  Irene A. Stegun,et al.  Handbook of Mathematical Functions. , 1966 .

[7]  Zixiang Xiong,et al.  Wyner–Ziv Video Compression and Fountain Codes for Receiver-Driven Layered Multicast , 2007, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.

[8]  Steven D. Blostein,et al.  Unequal error protection rateless coding design for multimedia multicasting , 2010, 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory.

[9]  Madhu Sudan,et al.  Priority encoding transmission , 1996, IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory.

[10]  K. Ramchandran,et al.  Multiple description source coding using forward error correction codes , 1999, Conference Record of the Thirty-Third Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (Cat. No.CH37020).

[11]  S. Agarwal.  A case study of large scale P2P video multicast , 2007, 2007 International Conference on IP Multimedia Subsystem Architecture and Applications.

[12]  Nazanin Rahnavard,et al.  Rateless Codes With Unequal Error Protection Property , 2007, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

[13]  Michael Mitzenmacher,et al.  A digital fountain approach to asynchronous reliable multicast , 2002, IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun..