Video complexity hybrid traffic shaping for HTTP Adaptive Streaming

Ran Dubin, Amit Dvir, Ofer Hadar, Raffael Shalala, Ofir Ahark

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Abstract

The increasing demand for video content and the fast adoption of HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) has led to the need for sophisticated streaming optimization solutions. One of the main drawbacks of HAS is that the user is responsible for deciding which video quality to request without taking into account the server load, the number of users, fairness and more. Therefore, traffic shaping server, which takes these factors into account is needed. In this paper we present a HAS traffic shaping algorithm that in one hand tries to maximize user experience by providing the quality which is the closest to the one that the user requested while in other hand takes into account the server constrains. Simulation results show that the proposed solution effectively serves up to a 28% more users when the network is congested, while the users experienced an average bit-rate decreased up to 12% and the average PSNR decrease was 0.26 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages683-688
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479963904
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 9 Jan 201512 Jan 2015

Publication series

Name2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015

Conference

Conference2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period9/01/1512/01/15

Keywords

  • Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
  • Multimedia Streaming
  • Traffic Scheduling
  • Video Streaming Optimization

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