Abstract
In metro passenger information systems (PISs), frequent train handoffs can cause severe video distortion. In this paper, we take an integrated design approach to jointly optimize application-layer parameters and handoff decisions to improve video transmission quality over PISs. We present a train-ground video communication network based on fountain codes and IEEE 802.11p for metro PISs. The metro PIS channel is modeled as a finite-sate Markov chain, and the channel-state transition probability matrix is calculated from the data that were measured in real field tests. The handoff decision and application-layer parameters adaptation problem is formulated as a stochastic semi-Markov decision process (SMDP). Minimizing the end-to-end total video distortion is the objective in our model. Simulation results show that the proposed SMDP-based optimization algorithm can significantly improve the end-to-end video transmission quality in metro PISs.
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