Performance measurements and evaluation of video streaming in HSDPA networks with 16QAM modulation

Author

Riiser, Haakon ; Halvorsen, Pål ; Griwodz, Carsten ; Hestnes, Bjørn

Author_Institution

Netview Technol., Oslo

fYear

2008

fDate

June 23 2008-April 26 2008

Firstpage

489

Lastpage

492

Abstract

The high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) communication protocol improves downlink performance on mobile networks and is currently being deployed in networks around the world. In Norway, two operators started offering this service in 2007. This article discusses performance measurements done in Telenorpsilas HSDPA network in Oslo in the context of video streaming. In particular, we present the results of streaming experiments measuring characteristics such as packet loss, latency, jitter and bit-errors. Based on this data, we evaluate the HSDPA networkpsilas suitability for real-time video streaming, and discuss what can be done to improve the quality of video streaming under the observed network characteristics.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; code division multiple access; mobile radio; packet radio networks; protocols; radio links; video streaming; HSDPA networks; high-speed downlink packet access communication protocol; mobile networks; real-time video streaming; Access protocols; Context; Delay; Downlink; Jitter; Loss measurement; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Particle measurements; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo, 2008 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hannover

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2570-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2571-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2008.4607478

Filename

4607478