Advanced Video Communications over Wireless Networks

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State of the Art and Challenges for 3D Video Delivery over Mobile Broadband Networks

Omar Abdul-Hameed, Erhan Ekmekcioglu, and Ahmet Kondoz

CONTENTS

11.1  Introduction

11.2  State of the Art

11.2.1  3D Video Representation Formats and Coding

11.2.2  Key Mobile Broadband Technologies

11.2.2.1  3GPP LTE

11.2.2.2  Mobile WiMAX

11.3  Challenge of Effectively Delivering 3D Video

11.3.1  Video Delivery Mechanisms

11.3.1.1  Unicast

11.3.1.2  Overlay Broadcast

11.3.1.3  Cellular Broadcast Techniques

11.3.1.4  Unicast versus Cellular Broadcast Approaches

11.3.1.5  Transport Protocols Used for 2D and 3D TV Services

11.3.2  Radio Resource Efficiency

11.3.3  Backward Compatibility

11.4  Case Study: Mobile 3DTV over WiMAX Networks

11.4.1  System Overview ...