Evaluation of Multimedia Transmission for Wireless Multihop Networks using the Evalvid Tool

Abstract: Simulation and analysis of Video transmission in NS-2 is a challenging task because of limited resources available and as a result of this the video quality will be degraded. In this paper we are trying to simulate video transmission in an IEEE 802.11 multihop network using the chain network. Multiple video streaming is compared and analysed with various factors and efficiency is recorded. Analysis is done for various protocols such as AODV, DSR, AOMDV and DSDV and in each case the results are recorded. From the evaluation results it is clearly understood that the performance varies with the protocol and AODV had better results as compared to other protocols.

Keywords: IEEE 802.11e, multihop network, multipath routing, video streaming, Evalvid-2.7.