H.264 Video Frame Size Estimation

This report describes a method to estimate the video bandwidth for IP cameras using the H.264 standard. The precise determination of bandwidth allows us to model the network access as a scheduling problem and/or estimate the amount of data that would traverse it during different periods. The paper is written to be as didactic as possible and presents a set of experiments, conducted in an industrial testbed, that validate the estimation. We believe that a more precise estimation will lead to savings for network infrastructure and to better network utilization