BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR96-257
ENTRY:: January 14, 1996
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: A Queuing Analysis of Bandwidth Allocation Schemes for Compressed Video
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 3
AUTHOR:: Nog, Saurab  
AUTHOR:: Beckmann, Carl J.
DATE:: March 1996
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       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
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       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
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RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR96-257.pdf
ABSTRACT::
Video and audio compression techniques allow continuous media streams
to be transmitted at bit rates that are a function of the delivered
quality of service.  Digital networks will be increasingly used for
the transmission of such continuous media streams.  This paper
describes an admission control policy in which the quality of service
is negotiated at stream initiation, and is a function of both the
desired quality of service and the available bandwidth resources.  The
advantage of this approach is the ability to robustly service large
numbers of users, while providing increased quality of service during
low usage periods.  Several simple algorithms for implementing this
policy are described and evaluated using queuing model analysis
applied to video-on-demand. The queuing model results are compared
with simulation results to validate their accuracy.
NOTE::
Revised on 3/25/96 to include discrete event simulation results.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR96-257