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An approach to the design of user-centred communications protocols is presented. Quality of Perception (QoP) is a novel term which includes not only users' enjoyment and satisfaction with a multimedia presentation, but also their ability to assimilate its informational content. We show that a relation of proportionality can be obtained between QoP and low-level Quality of Service (QoS) parameters if the multimedia presentation content is taken into account. This relation could provide the basis for a preferential QoS parameter management scheme which is also user-oriented.
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Ghinea, G., Thomas, J. Crossing the Man-Machine Divide: A Mapping Based on Empirical Results. The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing-Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology 29, 139–147 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011135901567
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