• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4519-4533
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• 2015

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming has become a new trend in video delivery. An HTTP adaptive streaming client needs to effectively estimate resource availability and demand. However, due to the bitrate of the video encoded in variable bitrate (VBR) mode, a bitrate mismatch problem occurs. With the rising demand for mobile devices, the likelihood of cases where two or more HTTP adaptive streaming clients share the same network bottleneck and competing for available bandwidth will increase. These mismatch and competition issues lead to network congestion, which adversely affects the Quality of Experience (QoE). To solve these problem, we propose a video rate adaptation scheme for the HTTP video streaming to guarantee and optimize the QoE. The proposed scheme estimates the available bandwidth according to the bitrate of each segment and also schedules the segment request time to expedite the response to the bandwidth variation. We used a multi-client simulation to prove that our scheme can effectively cope with drastic changes in the connection throughput and video bitrate.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.2836-2849
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• 1996

Over ATM network, variable bit rate(or VBR) traffic is allowed. Control of VBR traffic is allowed. Control of VBR traffic becomes difficult if it is bursty. VBR video traffic becomes so much bursty during intra frame period that much cell loss would occur when satistical multiplexed in ATM swich. To aviod cellloss, extra communication resources should be allocated, which reduces the capability of an ATM channel. In this paper, we propose two methods which enable a channel limited in resources to serve more VBR MPEG video bit streams. Firstly, we could redue the bitrate fluction of a statiscally multiplexed bundle of VBR video bit streams by reducing the number of intra frames overlapped at the same frame period. This method can be used in ATM switch which controls multiple video sources. Secondary, in two layer enoding, statistical multiplexing gains can be icreased by letting peak bit rate durations of both layers not be overlapped. This results in more smooth traffic. The performance of proposed methods are demonstrated by a proposed calculation method of statistical multiplexing gains(or SMGs.) The proposed SMG is based on both delay and cell loss QoS requirements at the same time.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4585-4603
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• 2015

Video streaming services make up a large proportion of Internet traffic on both fixed and mobile access throughout the world. Adaptive streaming allows for dynamical adaptation of the bitrate with varying network conditions, to guarantee the best user experience. Adaptive bitrate algorithms face a significant challenge in correctly estimating the throughput as it varies widely over time. In this paper, we first evaluate the throughput estimation techniques and show that the method that we have used offers stable response to throughput fluctuations while maintaining a stable playback buffer. Then, we propose an adaptive bitrate scheme that intelligently selects the video bitrates based on the estimated throughput and buffer occupancy. We show that the proposed scheme improves viewing experience by achieving a high video rate without taking unnecessary risks and by minimizing the frequency of changes in the video quality. Furthermore, we show that it offers a stable response to short-term fluctuations and responds swiftly to large fluctuations. We evaluate our algorithm for both constant bitrate (CBR) and variable bitrate (VBR) video content by taking into account the segment sizes and show that it significantly improves the quality of video streaming.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.104-114
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• 2018

최근 HTTP 기반 비디오 스트리밍 트래픽이 계속해서 증가함에 따라 HTTP 기반 적응적 스트리밍(HTTP-based Adaptive Streaming : HAS) 기술 중 하나인 DASH(Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)가 주목받고 있다. 이에 따라 DASH 환경에서 클라이언트에게 높은 QoE(Quality of Experience)를 제공하기 위한 많은 비디오 품질 조절 기법들이 제안되어왔다. 본 논문에서는 뉴로 퍼지 시스템의 구조 중 하나인 ANFIS(Adaptive Network based Fuzzy Inference System)를 이용한 새로운 품질 조절 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 ANFIS를 이용하여 클라이언트에게 적절한 세그먼트 비트율을 선택하는 퍼지 파라미터를 찾고, VBR(Variable Bit-Rate) 비디오의 특성을 고려하여 실제 세그먼트의 크기를 이용해 다음 세그먼트 다운로드 시간을 보다 정확하게 예측한다. 그리고 이를 이용해 시변 네트워크에서 적절하게 비디오 품질을 조절한다. NS-3를 이용한 모의실험에서 제안된 기법이 기존 기법들에 비해 높은 평균 세그먼트 비트율과 낮은 비트율 변화 횟수를 보여 클라이언트에게 향상된 QoE를 제공함을 보인다.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.423-432
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• 2017

최근 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍 서비스의 표준인 DASH(Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)를 기반으로 하는 비디오 스트리밍 서비스의 QoE(Quality of Experience) 향상을 위해 비디오 품질 조절 기법들이 연구되고 있다. 그러나 기존 기법들은 비디오의 VBR(Variable Bitrate) 특성에 대한 고려가 부족하여 불필요한 품질 변화로 인해 QoE가 저하되는 문제를 발생시킨다. 본 논문에서는 세그먼트 특성을 기반으로 품질을 조절하는 SC-DASH(Segment Characteristics-based DASH)를 제안한다. SC-DASH는 다음에 요청할 세그먼트의 크기, 세그먼트 처리량, 그리고 버퍼 점유율을 기반으로 비디오 품질을 조절하여 불필요한 품질 변화가 발생하는 것을 방지한다. 실험 결과를 통해 SC-DASH가 기존 기법보다 불필요한 품질 변화를 감소시킴으로써 QoE를 향상시키는 것을 확인하였다.