An analytical method of assessment of RemoteFX as a cloud gaming platform

Author

Depasquale, Etienne ; Zammit, Audrey ; Camilleri, Michael ; Zammit, Saviour ; Muscat, Adrian ; Mallia, Pierre ; Scerri, Stefan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Malta, Msida, Malta

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 April 2014

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

133

Abstract

This paper describes a cloud computing platform that executes graphics intensive programs, such as computer games, with the support of a GPU to render the graphics, and stream the ensuing video to a mobile device over bandwidth constrained channels. Controls on the mobile device allow the user to interact with the game remotely. Initial results based on a Microsoft Windows platform using the Hypervisor in Windows Server 2012, with RemoteFX are reported.

Keywords

cloud computing; computer games; graphics processing units; mobile computing; quality of experience; rendering (computer graphics); video streaming; virtualisation; GPU; Hypervisor; Microsoft Windows platform; QoE; RemoteFX assessment; Windows Server 2012; bandwidth constrained channel; cloud computing platform; cloud gaming platform; computer games; graphics intensive programs; graphics rendering; mobile device; quality of experience; remote game interaction; video stream; virtualization; Bandwidth; Cloud computing; Games; Graphics; Graphics processing units; Monitoring; Servers; Cloud computing; Computer Games; GPU; Hypervisor; RemoteFX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2014 17th IEEE

Conference_Location

Beirut

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2014.6820519

Filename

6820519