Streaming audio and video content currently accounts for the majority of the Internet traffic and is typically deployed over the top of the existing infrastructure. We are facing the challenge of a plethora of media p...Streaming audio and video content currently accounts for the majority of the Internet traffic and is typically deployed over the top of the existing infrastructure. We are facing the challenge of a plethora of media players and adaptation algorithms showing different behavior but lacking a common framework for both objective and subjective evaluation of such systems. This paper aims to close this gap by proposing such a framework, describing its architecture, providing an example evaluation, and discussing open issues.展开更多
近年来,基于HTTP(Hyper Text Transport Protocol)的网络视频流传输方式越来越受到人们的关注,同时出现了若干相近的解决方案,实现了在HTTP上的动态自适应视频流传输。MPEG和3GPP在这些方案的基础上制定了一个新的基于HTTP的网络动态自...近年来,基于HTTP(Hyper Text Transport Protocol)的网络视频流传输方式越来越受到人们的关注,同时出现了若干相近的解决方案,实现了在HTTP上的动态自适应视频流传输。MPEG和3GPP在这些方案的基础上制定了一个新的基于HTTP的网络动态自适应流传输标准——DASH,并成为ISO/IEC国际标准于2012年正式发布。DASH系统工作于普通的Web服务器/客户端方式,它将同一内容的多个不同质量的视频流分片、定位和描述,使得这些视频分片能够如同普通文件一样通过HTTP协议在网络中传输。用户可以向服务器请求所需的视频,动态自适应地根据自己的网络带宽、接受能力进行选择、接收、解码和播放。DASH为视频流传输提供了一种高效、便捷的传送方式,特别适用于视频直播、点播、多屏显示等业务。随着DASH标准的逐渐完善,基于HTTP的网络视频流传输必将具有更加广泛的应用前景。展开更多
With the popularity of smart handheld devices, mobile streaming video has multiplied the global network traffic in recent years. A huge concern of users' quality of experience(Qo E) has made rate adaptation method...With the popularity of smart handheld devices, mobile streaming video has multiplied the global network traffic in recent years. A huge concern of users' quality of experience(Qo E) has made rate adaptation methods very attractive. In this paper, we propose a two-phase rate adaptation strategy to improve users' real-time video Qo E. First, to measure and assess video Qo E, we provide a continuous Qo E prediction engine modeled by RNN recurrent neural network. Different from traditional Qo E models which consider the Qo E-aware factors separately or incompletely, our RNN-Qo E model accounts for three descriptive factors(video quality, rebuffering, and rate change) and reflects the impact of cognitive memory and recency. Besides, the video playing is separated into the initial startup phase and the steady playback phase, and we takes different optimization goals for each phase: the former aims at shortening the startup delay while the latter ameliorates the video quality and the rebufferings. Simulation results have shown that RNN-Qo E can follow the subjective Qo E quite well, and the proposed strategy can effectively reduce the occurrence of rebufferings caused by the mismatch between the requested video rates and the fluctuated throughput and attains standout performance on real-time Qo E compared with classical rate adaption methods.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency(FFG)under the next generation video streaming project "PROMETHEUS"
文摘Streaming audio and video content currently accounts for the majority of the Internet traffic and is typically deployed over the top of the existing infrastructure. We are facing the challenge of a plethora of media players and adaptation algorithms showing different behavior but lacking a common framework for both objective and subjective evaluation of such systems. This paper aims to close this gap by proposing such a framework, describing its architecture, providing an example evaluation, and discussing open issues.
文摘近年来,基于HTTP(Hyper Text Transport Protocol)的网络视频流传输方式越来越受到人们的关注,同时出现了若干相近的解决方案,实现了在HTTP上的动态自适应视频流传输。MPEG和3GPP在这些方案的基础上制定了一个新的基于HTTP的网络动态自适应流传输标准——DASH,并成为ISO/IEC国际标准于2012年正式发布。DASH系统工作于普通的Web服务器/客户端方式,它将同一内容的多个不同质量的视频流分片、定位和描述,使得这些视频分片能够如同普通文件一样通过HTTP协议在网络中传输。用户可以向服务器请求所需的视频,动态自适应地根据自己的网络带宽、接受能力进行选择、接收、解码和播放。DASH为视频流传输提供了一种高效、便捷的传送方式,特别适用于视频直播、点播、多屏显示等业务。随着DASH标准的逐渐完善,基于HTTP的网络视频流传输必将具有更加广泛的应用前景。
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(NSFC 60622110,61471220,91538107,91638205)National Basic Research Project of China(973,2013CB329006),GY22016058
文摘With the popularity of smart handheld devices, mobile streaming video has multiplied the global network traffic in recent years. A huge concern of users' quality of experience(Qo E) has made rate adaptation methods very attractive. In this paper, we propose a two-phase rate adaptation strategy to improve users' real-time video Qo E. First, to measure and assess video Qo E, we provide a continuous Qo E prediction engine modeled by RNN recurrent neural network. Different from traditional Qo E models which consider the Qo E-aware factors separately or incompletely, our RNN-Qo E model accounts for three descriptive factors(video quality, rebuffering, and rate change) and reflects the impact of cognitive memory and recency. Besides, the video playing is separated into the initial startup phase and the steady playback phase, and we takes different optimization goals for each phase: the former aims at shortening the startup delay while the latter ameliorates the video quality and the rebufferings. Simulation results have shown that RNN-Qo E can follow the subjective Qo E quite well, and the proposed strategy can effectively reduce the occurrence of rebufferings caused by the mismatch between the requested video rates and the fluctuated throughput and attains standout performance on real-time Qo E compared with classical rate adaption methods.
