A bandwidth smoothing algorithm applied in streaming media system upon home network

Bandwidth smoothing can increase the utility of network bandwidth by reducing the burstiness of a VBR (variable bit rate) video stream. To guarantee the quality of service of video-on-command service in home network, data transmission rate should not exceed the maximum data handling capacity of embedded terminals. This paper designs a streaming media system in home network, and puts forward a smoothing algorithm based on greedy algorithm for transmitting VBR video streams subjected to maximum data transmitting rate. The presented algorithm can decrease startup delay of streaming and meet the demand of client buffering requirement under the constraint of maximum transmission rate. Experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented algorithm.