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DASH 기반 멀티미디어 스트리밍 서비스에서 사용자 체감품질 향상을 위한 비트율 적응 기법

A Video Bitrate Adaptation Algorithm for DASH-Based Multimedia Streaming Services to Enhance User QoE

  • 투고 : 2014.05.10
  • 심사 : 2014.06.13
  • 발행 : 2014.06.30

초록

Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH)는 최근 주목받고 있는 스트리밍 기술이다. DASH 클라이언트는 연속적으로 가용 네트워크 대역폭을 측정하고, 이를 기반으로 향후 다운받을 비디오 세그먼트의 비트율을 결정한다. 본 고에서는 최소 재생 버퍼 레벨을 보존하여 가변적인 네트워크 환경에서도 사용자 체감 품질 저하를 야기하는 재생 끊김 현상, 재생 중 비디오 품질의 급격한 변화 등을 효율적으로 방지하는 비트율 적응 알고리즘인 QoE-enhanced adaptation algorithm over DASH (QAAD)를 제안한다. 또한 DASH 테스트베드 상에 QAAD와 재생 버퍼를 고려한 기존의 알고리즘 (즉, QDASH[9])을 구현하여 실험적으로 성능을 비교 및 분석하였다. 네트워크 환경이 급변하는 환경에서 실험을 수행한 결과, QDASH는 재생 끊김 현상 및 비디오 화질의 잦은 변화가 발생하는 반면, QAAD는 재생 끊김 없이 안정적인 비디오 화질을 제공하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) is the most recent and promising technology to support high quality streaming services. In dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH), a client consecutively estimates the available network bandwidth and decides the transmission rate for the forthcoming video chunks to be downloaded. In this paper, we propose a novel rate adaptation algorithm called quality of experience QoE-enhanced adaptation algorithm over DASH (QAAD), which preserves the minimum buffer length to avoid interruption and minimizes the video quality changes during the playback. We implemented a DASH test bed and conducted extensive experiments. Experimental results demonstrate that under fluctuating network conditions, QAAD provides seamless streaming with stabilized video quality while the previous buffer-aware algorithm (i.e., QDASH[9]) frequently changes the video quality and undergoes the interruption.

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