Title
A dynamic rate switching method for live video streaming using a smart device.
Abstract
Live streaming services over HTTP used on smart devices via a mobile network have become very popular. However, playback interruption often occurs during a live streaming. This is because TCP throughput uctuates due to radio strength variation and cross-traffic, and the playback buffer on the client side is small. To solve the playback interruption problem, adaptive rate control techniques are helpful. However, using a smart device with insufficient CPU power leads to control delays, which cause the rate to be controlled improperly. This paper proposes a novel rate control method that uses plural codecs and detection of throughput degradation, and shows that the proposed method reduces playback interruptions on smart devices. We evaluate our proposed method with a live streaming for 100 seconds as an experiment in conditions in which the TCP throughput is fluctuated by a network emulator. Playback interruption occurred three times and lasted 1.8 seconds in total with the conventional method, but did not occur with the proposed method. We also evaluate the method from the viewpoint of QoE de ned in ITU-T Rec.P.1201/Amd.2. The proposed method is able to improve QoE(MOS) to 3.5 from 2.6 of conventional method.
Year
Venue
Field
2015
Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications
Client-side,Smart device,Computer science,Video streaming,Computer network,Real-time computing,CPU power dissipation,Cellular network,Throughput,Live streaming,Codec
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
2163-0771
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Natsuki Kai100.34
Hiroshi Yoshida2115.72
Koichi Nihei3103.32
Kozo Satoda4127.11
Dai Kanetomo541.53