Advances in Multimedia
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 76846, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2007/76846
Research Article

Distortion Optimized Packet Scheduling and Prioritization of Multiple Video Streams over 802.11e Networks

Ilias Politis,1 Michail Tsagkaropoulos,2 Thomas Pliakas,3 and Tasos Dagiuklas4

1Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
2Mobility Applications Laboratory - Networks, Ericsson Deutschland GmbH - Eurolab, Germany
3Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering, University of Aegean, Greece
4Department of Communication Systems and Networks, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Greece

Received 11 June 2007; Accepted 20 August 2007

Academic Editor: Stavros Kotsopoulos

Copyright © 2007 Ilias Politis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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