Video over IP : an example reconfigurable computing application for a handheld device

As the demand for live video communication increases, the devices available to the users need to be made faster, smaller, lower power, and easily modifiable. This project demonstrates an example video over IP application using a Compaq IPaq along with a field programmable gate array used for data processing. The video data is passed directly from the camera to the network card via the gate array, thus avoiding unnecessary delay and computation requirements imposed on the CPU by regular video over IP communication software. The application achieves a display rate of 9 frames per second with 76800 byte frames, corresponding to a wireless throughput of 5.5Mbps. The CPU usage is reduced to 1/3 of that used by a standard video over IP implementation operating at the same rate.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Kamenetskaya, Elina, 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Krste Asanovic.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29664

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/29664