A Testbed and Methodology for Comparing Live Video Frame Rate Control Methods

Most existing methods for video frame rate control were developed for prerecorded video. With the proliferation of mobile audiovisual communication devices, it is becoming important to develop frame rate control methods for live (i.e., not prerecorded) video as well. In this letter, we present a testbed and the corresponding methodology suitable for comparing such methods. We illustrate the methodology and the use of the testbed through comparison of an existing state-of-the-art frame rate control method against a simple new control method developed specifically for live video.