High-Quality Video Delivery over Local Area Networks with Application to Teaching at a Distance

Abstract

Multimedia communication over networks is important in distance learning, computer-based multimedia and telecommunications. The quality of the video stream, the throughput of the communication and the time delay of the delivery must be considered. This paper describes some experimental work undertaken to optimise the issues that influence data loss and hence image quality, and transfer delay in MPEG video streams transferred over Local Area Networks (LAN).