Advances in Multimedia
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 543674, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/543674
Research Article

A Theoretical Framework for Quality-Aware Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications

Song Ci,1 Haohong Wang,2 and Dalei Wu1

1Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68182, USA
2Marvell Semiconductors, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA

Received 20 May 2007; Revised 5 September 2007; Accepted 5 November 2007

Academic Editor: Jianwei Huang

Copyright © 2008 Song Ci 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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