As applications like IPTV and VoD (Video on demand) are gaining popularity, it is becoming
more important to study the behavior of video signals in the Internet access infrastructures
such as ADSL and cable networks. Average delay, average jitter and packet loss in these
networks affect the quality of service, hence transmission and access speeds need to be
determined such that these parameters are minimized.
In this study the behavior of the above mentioned IP networks under variable bit rate (VBR)
video traffic is investigated. ns-2 simulator is used for this purpose and actual as well as
artificially generated signals are applied to the networks under test. Variable bit rate (VBR)
traffic is generated synthetically using ON/OFF sources with ON/OFF times taken from
exponential or Pareto distributions. As VBR video shows long range dependence with a Hurst
parameter between 0.5 and 1, this parameter was used as a metric to measure the accuracy of
the synthetic sources. Two different topologies were simulated in this study: one similar to
ADSL access networks and the other behaving like cable distribution network. The
performance of the networks (delay, jitter and packet loss) under VBR video traffic and
different access speeds were measured. According to the obtained results, minimum access
speeds in order achieve acceptable quality video delivery to the customers were suggested.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608187/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2007 |
| Creators | Ozdem, Mehmet |
| Contributors | Erten, Mehmet |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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