In this paper we explore the use of a new rate–distortion metric for optimizing real-time
Internet video streaming with the transmission control protocol (TCP). We lay out the
groundwork by developing a simple model that characterizes the expected latency for
packets send with TCP-Reno. Subsequently, we develop an analytical model of the
expected video distortion at the decoder with respect to the expected latency for TCP, the
packetization mechanism, and the error-concealment method used at the decoder …