Evolution of 3GPP streaming for improving QoS over mobile networks

Streaming is one of the key 3G mobile multimedia services provided by network operators. Traditional streaming applications need to be redesigned in order to work well over wireless. 3GPP has standardized streaming services for Release 4, 5 and 6 specifications. The last release overcomes the technical challenges posed by wireless and best effort networks. This paper describes the solution standardized in Release 6 for adaptive streaming.