A Cross Video-MAC Layer Approach for Generating Adaptive FMO Map

Abstract

Recent researches in video transmission over heterogeneous networks move toward cross-layer design to realize the optimal video quality. In this work, we investigate the cross layer approach between H.264 video coding layer and IEEE 802.11e Medium Access Control (MAC) layer on the issues of how to improve error resiliency of H.264 video using Flexible Macroblock Ordering (FMO), and how to reduce packet dropping rate at MAC layer. We propose an adaptive FMO map generation to separate high and low important macroblocks to different priority queues based on the overflow state of MAC layer queues. The arrival rate of packets to queues is thus changed to reduce the queue overflow and to decrease of the packet dropping
rates at queues. Experimental results show that using the proposed scheme can reduce the packet drop rate at the queues resulting in the reduction of packet loss rate and the improvement of the average PSNR.