Quality of service analysis of video streaming in fourth generation-Long Term Evolution for telemedicine applications: An experimental learning with game theory approach

Abstract

Wireless technologies have become the model for Entertainment, Communication and Education all over the world. Electrical and Electronics Engineering Departments of various Universities across the globe offer courses on Wireless Communication and Networks for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students by focusing on the latest teaching pedagogy. Recent advancements in health care services demand reliable transmission of medical images and videos for better diagnosis and treatment. The effective utilization of available spectrum is one of the requirements for stable transmission of medical information. A Long Term Evolution (LTE) system model for a real-time multimedia application must provide high Quality of Service (QoS). Scheduling and allocating resources for real-time downlink flows in LTE networks is a challenging issue, as the network excellence and assured output have to be confirmed together with decreasing the Head of Line (HOL) suspension. The ever increasing demand for higher data rates in uplink and downlink transmission services constraints on delay and bandwidth requirements. This leads the existing fourth generation LTE wireless networks to concentrate more on the resource scheduling techniques with acceptable levels of Quality of Service (QoS). In this paper, a Game theory based scheduling (GTBS) and resource allocation Algorithm multimedia traffic in LTE network is designed and studied. The Algorithm is simulated in LTE-sim for real time (RT) and Non-real time (NRT) data traffic. The work identified a new teaching pedagogy, the work is explained to the undergraduate Engineering students so that they can apply the knowledge to develop new innovative projects.

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Long Term Evolution scheduling quality of service Game Theory utility function resource allocation real time and non-real time throughput packet loss rate delay

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