TITRE Adaptive Packet Video Streaming Over IP Networks - LaBRI

Acknowledgments
The first person I would like to thank and express my gratitude is my direct supervisor,
Ahmed Mehaoua, without him this thesis will not be accomplished.
Thank to my thesis director, Jean-Pierre Claudé, who accepts to direct this thesis and being
always friendly.
Many thanks to Raouf Boutaba, who advises me over the time and encourages me to give the
best of me.
I would like also to thank Vincent Lecuire, form CRAN (Centre de Recherche en
Automatique de Nancy). My collaboration with him was very beneficial.
Thanks to my colleagues of the PRiSM that all gave me the feeling of being at home at work.
Without forgetting Souheila, Saida, Naçera, Karim, Guillaume, Alain, Isabelle, Octavio, Najim, Jalil,
Abdelhamid, Yassine, Daniel, Armando, Adlen, Mathieu, Stéphane, Huaizhong, and many others
colleagues. I thank you all for having shared many experiences and being for me as sisters and
brothers.
Finally, I would like to thank the jury for their time, assistance and comments.
This chain of my gratitude would be definitely incomplete if I forget my parents without their
foresight and help, I would not be where I am today.
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