01586nas a2200133   4500008004100000245010900041210006900150300001500219520099900234100002101233700002201254700002001276856015601296       2011                        eng d00aAdaptive Smooth Simulcast Protocol (ASSP) for Video Applications: Description and Performance Evaluation0 aAdaptive Smooth Simulcast Protocol ASSP for Video Applications D  a 143 - 1773 aIn this paper, we present Adaptive Smooth Simulcast Protocol (ASSP)
for simulcast transmission of multimedia data over best-effort networks. ASSP is a
new multiple-rate protocol that implements a single rate TCP-friendly protocol as
the underlying congestion control mechanism for each simulcast stream. The key
attributes of ASSP are: (a) TCP-friendly behavior, (b) adaptive per-stream trans-
mission rates, (c) adaptive scalability to large sets of receivers and (d) smooth
transmission rates that are suitable for multimedia applications. We evaluate the
performance of ASSP under an integrated simulation environment which combines
the measurements of both network and video performance metrics. We also com-
pare ASSP against other proposed solutions and the results demonstrate that the
performance of ASSP is significantly better than the tested solutions. Finally, ASSP
is a practical solution with very low implementation complexity for video trans-
mission over best-effort networks.
1 aBouras, Christos1 aGkamas, Apostolos1 aKioumourtzis, G  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/adaptive-smooth-simulcast-protocol-assp-video-applications-description-and-performance?language=en