Adaptive streaming schemes for MPEG-DASH overWiFi multicast

Several studies indicate that video contents will be the vast majority of Internet traffic in the near future. To facilitate the distribution of video contents, we have to overcome the issue of interoperability between various servers and devices. MPEG-DASH standard is developed to provide standardized manifest format, content format and streaming protocol for adaptive streaming, thereby increasing interoperability. However, MPEG-DASH contents are delivered by HTTP without supporting data multicast. Since delivering video contents over multicast channels is necessary or useful for some applications, the authors survey the studies of delivering MPEG-DASH contents over multicast channels. It is found that few studies discuss the detailed construction of such a mechanism. This paper proposes three methods enabling the delivery of MPEG-DASH contents over multicast are proposed. And also evaluates the performance of the proposed methods over real WiFi networks. The result shows that each method has its own advantages and therefore suitable for different applications.