scholarly journals Mitigation of the Effects of Network Outage on Video QoE Using a Sender Buffer

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1209
Author(s):  
Tahir Nawaz Minhas ◽  
Markus Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Multimedia Applications ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
End User ◽  
Analytical Relations ◽  
User Ratings ◽  
The Impact

With the growth of multimedia applications and the mobile Internet, quality sense and quality expectation of the end-user are rising rapidly. A small notable distortion in the multimedia applications may degrade the degree of delight of the user, who is very considerate of the video Quality of Experience (QoE). During live streaming, a network outage may result in video freezes and video jumps. To dampen the impact of a network outage on the video QoE, we propose the use of a well-sized sender buffer. We present the concept, derive key analytical relations, and perform a set of subjective tests. Based on those, we report a significant enhancement of user ratings due to the proposed sender buffer in the presence of network outages.

scholarly journals An Adaptive Bitrate Switching Algorithm for Speech Applications in Context of WebRTC

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Mohannad Alahmadi ◽  
Peter Pocta ◽  
Hugh Melvin
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
End User ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Switching Algorithm ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) combines a set of standards and technologies to enable high-quality audio, video, and auxiliary data exchange in web browsers and mobile applications. It enables peer-to-peer multimedia sessions over IP networks without the need for additional plugins. The Opus codec, which is deployed as the default audio codec for speech and music streaming in WebRTC, supports a wide range of bitrates. This range of bitrates covers narrowband, wideband, and super-wideband up to fullband bandwidths. Users of IP-based telephony always demand high-quality audio. In addition to users’ expectation, their emotional state, content type, and many other psychological factors; network quality of service; and distortions introduced at the end terminals could determine their quality of experience. To measure the quality experienced by the end user for voice transmission service, the E-model standardized in the ITU-T Rec. G.107 (a narrowband version), ITU-T Rec. G.107.1 (a wideband version), and the most recent ITU-T Rec. G.107.2 extension for the super-wideband E-model can be used. In this work, we present a quality of experience model built on the E-model to measure the impact of coding and packet loss to assess the quality perceived by the end user in WebRTC speech applications. Based on the computed Mean Opinion Score, a real-time adaptive codec parameter switching mechanism is used to switch to the most optimum codec bitrate under the present network conditions. We present the evaluation results to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach when compared with the default codec configuration in WebRTC.

scholarly journals Network Performance Criteria for Telecommunication Traffic Types driven by Quality of Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Ramadža ◽  
Vesna Pekić ◽  
Julije Ožegović
Keyword(s):  
Network Performance ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Traffic Routing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Telecom Operator ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given

A common reason for changing the chosen service provider is the users' perception of service. Quality of Experience (QoE) describes the end user's perception of service while using it. A frequent cause of QoE degradation is inadequate traffic routing, where, other than throughput, selected routes do not satisfy minimum network requirements for the given service or services. In order to enable QoE-driven routing, per traffic type defined routing criteria are required. Our goal was to obtain those criteria for relevant services of a telecom operator. For the purpose of identifying services of interest, we first provide short results of user traffic analysis within the telecom operator network. Next, our work presents testbed measurements which explore the impact of packet loss and delay on user QoE for video, voice, and management traffic. For video services, we investigated separately multicast delivery, unicast HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), and unicast Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) traffic. Applying a threshold to QoE values, from the measured dependencies we extracted minimum network performance criteria for the investigated different types of traffic. Finally, we provide a comparison with results available in the literature on the topic.

scholarly journals Influence of Resolution and Frame Rate on the Linear In-Stream Video Ad QoE

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš Ljubojević ◽  
Vojkan Vasković ◽  
Zdenka Babić ◽  
Dušan Starčević
Keyword(s):  
Video Streaming ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Rate Change ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Video Advertising ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: An increasing number of services and facilities that are of interest to users is based on video streaming. Technical characteristics of video have a strong impact on the quality of a video streaming service and its perception by users. The most important measure of quality, which focuses on the user, is the Quality of Experience (QoE). Given that video advertising is a typical video streaming application, it is necessary to analyze the effect of the change of video characteristics on the QoE. This paper examines the impact of resolution and frame rate change on the QoE level by using objective and subjective QoE metrics. It also looks at the possibility of mapping the objective QoE metrics into subjective ones, if the QoE in Internet video advertising is analyzed. It was demonstrated that the values obtained by the objective assessment of quality can be mapped to the results obtained by subjective assessment of quality when the quality of experience of linear in- stream video ads is analyzed. The results indicate that temporal aspects of video quality assessment, e.g. influence of resolution and frame rate change to the level of the QoE, can be achieved by implementation of objective methods. Therefore, quality of experience can be improved by the proper selection of video characteristics values.

Recent Advances and Challenges in Wireless QoE-Aware Multimedia Streaming Systems

2012 ◽  
pp. 224-243
Author(s):  
Rosinei Oliveira ◽  
Ádamo L. Santana ◽  
João C. W. A. Costa ◽  
Carlos R. L. Frances ◽  
Elisangela Aguiar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Multimedia Streaming ◽  
Ieee 802.11E ◽  
Wireless Multimedia ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Streaming Systems

It is expected that multimedia applications will be the most abundant application in the Internet and thousands of new wireless and mobile users will produce and share multimedia streaming content ubiquitously. In this multimedia-aware system, it is important to assure the end-to-end quality level support for video and voice applications in wireless systems. Traditional Quality of Service techniques assure the delivery of those services with packet differentiation assurance and indicate the impact of multimedia traffic only on the network performance; however, they do not reflect the user’s perception. Recent advances in multimedia are exploring new Quality of Experience approaches and including metrics and control schemes in wireless networking systems in order to increase the user´s satisfaction and optimize network resources. Operations based on Quality of Experience can be used as an indicator of how a networking environment meets the end-user’s needs and new assessment and packet control approaches are still important challenges. This chapter presents an overview of the most recent advances and challenges in assessment and traffic conditioner procedures for wireless multimedia streaming systems. In addition, an intelligent packet dropper mechanism for IEEE 802.11e systems is proposed and evaluated by using the Network Simulator 2, real video sequences and Evalvid tool. The benefit and the impact of the proposed solution is evaluated by using well-know objective and subjective Quality of Experience metrics, namely, Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Video Quality Metric, Structural Similarity Index and Mean Option Score.

Testing the Effects of Peak, End, and Linear Trend on Evaluations of Online Video Quality of Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 813-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea DeGuzman ◽  
Mark Chignell ◽  
Jie Jiang ◽  
Leon Zucherman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Peak Effect ◽  
Online Video ◽  
End Effect ◽  
Feature Difference ◽  
The Impact

While previous research has shown that the sequencing of good and bad experience is an important predictor of overall evaluations of a set of experiences, the impact of sequencing effects on the experience of viewing online video has yet to be established. The aim of this study was to determine whether different sequences of good (G), mediocre (M), and bad (B) quality videos in different blocks would influence overall ratings after viewing those blocks. Thirty-two participants each watched 10 blocks of 4 videos and provided ratings of technical quality (TQ), satisfaction, and frustration for each video in the block, as well as overall ratings for each block (as a whole). Sequences of G, M, and B videos were designed to test whether block characteristics (features), like the peak-end effect and effect of linear trend, influenced summary evaluations of the block service. The results of the experiment show that overall block TQ, satisfaction, and frustration ratings differed significantly by sequencing feature. Difference scores were used to determine whether the features had an effect on overall evaluations beyond what could be explained by the total number of bad videos in the block or the average ratings of the videos in the block. Results showed a significant end effect for negative ends of a block, and an effect of linear trend (both increasing and decreasing). There was no evidence of a peak effect or an end effect for positive ends. The presence of a negative end effect and effect of linear trend indicate that where possible service providers should avoid service sessions with poor service quality at the end, or sessions that have decreasing quality as the session progresses.

scholarly journals Improving Perceived Quality of Live Adaptative Video Streaming

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 948
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo Maffini Santos ◽  
Carlos Alexandre Gouvea da Silva ◽  
Carlos Marcelo Pedroso
Keyword(s):  
Video Streaming ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Video On Demand ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Network Congestion ◽  
Congested Networks ◽  
Over The Top

Quality of service (QoS) requirements for live streaming are most required for video-on-demand (VoD), where they are more sensitive to variations in delay, jitter, and packet loss. Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) is the most popular technology for live streaming and VoD, where it has been massively deployed on the Internet. DASH is an over-the-top application using unmanaged networks to distribute content with the best possible quality. Widely, it uses large reception buffers in order to keep a seamless playback for VoD applications. However, the use of large buffers in live streaming services is not allowed because of the induced delay. Hence, network congestion caused by insufficient queues could decrease the user-perceived video quality. Active Queue Management (AQM) arises as an alternative to control the congestion in a router’s queue, pressing the TCP traffic sources to reduce their transmission rate when it detects incipient congestion. As a consequence, the DASH client tends to decrease the quality of the streamed video. In this article, we evaluate the performance of recent AQM strategies for real-time adaptive video streaming and propose a new AQM algorithm using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks to improve the user-perceived video quality. The LSTM forecast the trend of queue delay to allow earlier packet discard in order to avoid the network congestion. The results show that the proposed method outperforms the competing AQM algorithms, mainly in scenarios where there are congested networks.

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