Jitter smoothing and traffic modeling for MPEG-2 video transport over ATM networks

Wenwu Zhu, Yao Wang, Ya Qin Zhang

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Abstract

In this article, we study how to deal with jitter when a variable-bit-rate (VBR) MPEG-2 video is delivered through asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. First, the MPEG-2 system and its timing model are reviewed and difficulties introduced by ATM cell delay jitter are elucidated. Second, approaches to smoothing network jitter for both constant-bit-rate and VBR traffic are reviewed. A novel approach to modeling the end-to-end MPEG-2 packet generation and arrival process in the presence of network jitter is next presented. Based on this model, the buffer behavior of the MPEG-2 transport stream system target decoder is simulated. Simulation results show that jitter significantly affects the required decoder buffer size and packet loss ratio.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)332-339
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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