TY - JOUR
T1 - Stochastic channel-adaptive rate control for wireless video transmission
AU - Chandramouli, R.
AU - Subbalakshmi, K. P.
AU - Ranganathan, N.
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - In this paper, an empirically optimized channel-matched quantizer, and a joint stochastic-control based rate controller and channel estimator for H.261 based video transmission over a noisy channel is proposed. The rate controller adaptively learns to choose the correct channel matched quantizer using a stochastic learning algorithm. The stochastic automaton based learning algorithm aids in estimating the channel bit error rate based on a one bit feedback from the decoder. The algorithm is observed to converge to the optimal choice of the quantizer very quickly for various channel bit error probabilities and for different video sequences. When compared to traditional channel estimation schemes the proposed technique has several advantages. First, the proposed method results in a significant reduction in the delay and bandwidth requirement for channel estimation when compared to pilot symbol aided channel estimation schemes. Next, the stochastic learning algorithm used to estimate the channel bit error rate has simple computations. This makes it attractive for low power applications such as wireless video communications. This is in contrast to traditional blind channel estimation schemes that are computationally expensive, in general.
AB - In this paper, an empirically optimized channel-matched quantizer, and a joint stochastic-control based rate controller and channel estimator for H.261 based video transmission over a noisy channel is proposed. The rate controller adaptively learns to choose the correct channel matched quantizer using a stochastic learning algorithm. The stochastic automaton based learning algorithm aids in estimating the channel bit error rate based on a one bit feedback from the decoder. The algorithm is observed to converge to the optimal choice of the quantizer very quickly for various channel bit error probabilities and for different video sequences. When compared to traditional channel estimation schemes the proposed technique has several advantages. First, the proposed method results in a significant reduction in the delay and bandwidth requirement for channel estimation when compared to pilot symbol aided channel estimation schemes. Next, the stochastic learning algorithm used to estimate the channel bit error rate has simple computations. This makes it attractive for low power applications such as wireless video communications. This is in contrast to traditional blind channel estimation schemes that are computationally expensive, in general.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.patrec.2004.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.patrec.2004.01.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2142806836
SN - 0167-8655
VL - 25
SP - 793
EP - 806
JO - Pattern Recognition Letters
JF - Pattern Recognition Letters
IS - 7
ER -