MDRS: a low complexity scheduler with deterministic performance guarantee for VBR video delivery.

by Lai Hin Lun.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-57).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgement --- p.ivTable of Contents --- p.vList of Figures --- p.viiChapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter Chapter 2 --- Related Works --- p.8Chapter 2.1 --- Source Modeling --- p.9Chapter 2.2 --- CBR Scheduler for VBR Delivery --- p.11Chapter 2.3 --- Brute Force Scheduler: --- p.15Chapter 2.4 --- Temporal Smoothing Scheduler: --- p.16Chapter Chapter 3 --- Decreasing Rate Scheduling --- p.22Chapter 3.1 --- MDRS with Minimum Buffer Requirement --- p.25Chapter 3.2 --- 2-Rate MDRS --- p.31Chapter Chapter 4 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.33Chapter 4.1 --- Buffer Requirement --- p.35Chapter 4.2 --- Startup Delay --- p.38Chapter 4.3 --- Disk Utilization --- p.39Chapter 4.4 --- Complexity --- p.43Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.49Appendix --- p.51Bibliography --- p.5