| The amount of consumer electronics today has increased substantially. The average home might have multiple VCRs, DVDs, PVRs and display devices. Increasingly, there is a push towards building all in one devices as media servers and making them capable of streaming media to various display devices in the home. At the same time, wireless connectivity has improved considerably with the advent of the 802.11 standard.; The purpose of this thesis is to give a broad overview of how wireless media streaming works. The 802.11 standard is examined through a custom made wireless simulator. The development of media streaming software is achieved through using the Microsoft DirectShow architecture. This thesis explains how both the simulator and streaming software is developed, with an emphasis on software engineering issues. The design of the software is comprehensively explained with the addition of code samples in the main text to further the explanations.; The focus of this thesis is more on gaining an understanding of how media streaming works rather than focusing on detailed experimentation with both 802.11 and streaming media wirelessly. There are several test scenarios for both 802.11 using the wireless simulator and media streaming, however these are more of an example of what the software for this thesis can do rather then a scientific analysis.; This thesis should be useful for those interested in developing either wireless network simulators or video streaming applications. As well it will be useful for those who want a greater understanding of some of the issues discussed and perhaps some of the software engineering issues such as component based architectures. |
