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A Video Quality Adaptation Algorithm to Improve QoE for HTTP Adaptive Streaming Service

HTTP 적응적 스트리밍 서비스의 QoE 향상을 위한 비디오 품질 조절 알고리즘

  • 김명우 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과) ;
  • 정광수 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.08
  • Accepted : 2016.10.17
  • Published : 2017.01.15
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Abstract

HTTP adaptive streaming has recently emerged to handle the rapidly growing traffic and to provide high quality multimedia contents. To improve the QoE (Quality of Experience) for HTTP adaptive streaming service, the average video bitrate should be maximized, and the video switching frequency (difference of bitrate between adjacent segments) and video stalling events need to be minimized. The recently proposed quality adaptation algorithms for HTTP adaptive streaming do not provide high QoE, since detailed QoE factors such as video switching frequency and bitrate difference of adjacent segments, are not considered. In this paper, we propose a SQA (Smooth Quality Adaptation) algorithm to improve the user QoE. The proposed algorithm provides the smoothed QoE, such that it minimizes the unnecessary video switching events by maintaining the quality in a certain period, thus minimizing the bitrate difference of adjacent segments. Through simulation, we confirm that the proposed algorithm reduces the unnecessary switching events, and prevents the sudden decrease in video quality.

최근 높은 품질의 멀티미디어 콘텐츠를 제공하고 급증하는 트래픽을 처리하기 위해 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍이 등장하였다. HTTP 적응적 스트리밍 서비스의 QoE (Quality of Experience; 사용자 체감 품질)를 향상시키기 위해서는 평균적인 비디오 품질을 최대화해야 하며 품질 변경 주기, 품질 감소 폭, 그리고 끊김 현상을 최소화해야 한다. 최근 제안되었던 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍의 품질 조절 알고리즘들은 QoE 관련 특성을 세밀하게 고려하지 않아 높은 QoE를 제공하기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍의 QoE 향상을 위해 SQA (Smooth Quality Adaptation) 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 일정 기간 품질을 유지하고 비디오 품질의 급격한 감소를 방지함으로써 부드러운 사용자 체감 품질을 제공한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 알고리즘이 대역폭 감소 구간에서 품질 변경 폭을 감소시키고 품질 변경을 최소화하는 것을 확인하였다.

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Acknowledgement

Grant : 라이프스타일 분석 기반 라이프미디어(LifeMedia) 허브 단말 및 서비스 기술 개발

Supported by : 정보통신기술연구진흥센터

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