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A novel closed-form expression for the probability of starvation in video streaming over wireless networks

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The moments-matching method is employed to provide an approximate distribution of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a wireless channel during any arbitrary interval of time. This distribution is then used to propose a novel closed-form expression for the probability of starvation at the playback buffer in a video streaming scenario. Monte–Carlo simulations are carried out to assess the accuracy of the proposed distribution as well as the probability of starvation expression and study the interactions of various system parameters.

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  1. Note that when solving for \(\xi (t)\), the solution should have the same sign as \(\kappa _3(t)\).

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This work is supported by the American University of Sharjah through a Faculty Research Grant No. FRG16-R-23.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE

    Yousuf Abo Rahama, Mohamed S. Hassan & Mahmoud H. Ismail

  2. Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

    Mahmoud H. Ismail

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Abo Rahama, Y., Hassan, M.S. & Ismail, M.H. A novel closed-form expression for the probability of starvation in video streaming over wireless networks. Telecommun Syst 71, 577–584 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-018-0533-2

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