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Advances in Multimedia
Volume 2014, Article ID 362196, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/362196
Research Article

Cross-Layer Framework for Multiuser Real Time H.264/AVC Video Encoding and Transmission over Block Fading MIMO Channels Using Outage Probability

Slavche Pejoski and Venceslav Kafedziski

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia

Received 25 June 2013; Accepted 29 August 2013; Published 2 January 2014

Academic Editor: Martin Reisslein

Copyright © 2014 Slavche Pejoski and Venceslav Kafedziski. 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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