On the utility of rate adaptation for broadcast/multicast media traffic in 802.11 networks

Kyungsoo Lee, Sangki Yun, Yongtae Park, Hyogon Kim

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Abstract

As there is no MAC layer acknowledgment from the receiver for broadcast/multicast transmission in the 802.11 network, using the lowest transmission rate is understandably the safest approach because it minimizes reception error for clients with the worst channel condition. On the contrary, the transmission rate for receivers with good channel conditions is unnecessarily limited. In the case of video streams being broadcast/multicast via 802.11, this approach will lead to poor received video at all clients. In this paper, we demonstrate that there isutility in activating rate adaptation for broadcast/multicast traffic. In particular, we implement a system that significantly improves the broadcast video quality in 802.11 network. This is achieved through an approach of joined broadcast/multicast rate adaptation and network-coded retransmission.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 ACM Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies, CoNEXT'09 - Co-located Student Workshop, CoNext Student Workshop '09
Pages53-54
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventCoNext Student Workshop '09 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 2009 Dec 12009 Dec 4

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2009 ACM Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies, CoNEXT'09 - Co-located Student Workshop, CoNext Student Workshop '09

Other

OtherCoNext Student Workshop '09
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period09/12/109/12/4

Keywords

  • Broadcast
  • IEEE 802.11
  • Multicast
  • Network coding
  • Rate adaptation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture

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