Adaptive video streaming over HTTP with dynamic resource estimation

Author

Truong Cong Thang ; Le, Hung T. ; Nguyen, Huan X. ; Pham, Anh T. ; Jung Won Kang ; Yong Man Ro

Author_Institution

Univ. of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec. 2013

Firstpage

635

Lastpage

644

Abstract

Adaptive hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) streaming has become a new trend to support adaptivity in video delivery. An HTTP streaming client needs to estimate exactly resource availability and resource demand. In this paper, we focus on the most important resource which is bandwidth. A new and general formulation for throughput estimation is presented taking into account previous values of instant throughput and round trip time. Besides, we introduce for the first time the use of bitrate estimation in HTTP streaming. The experiments show that our approach can effectively cope with drastic changes in connection throughput and video bitrate.

Keywords

hypermedia; transport protocols; video streaming; HTTP; adaptive hypertext transfer protocol; adaptive video streaming; bandwidth resource; bitrate estimation; dynamic resource estimation; instant throughput; round trip time; throughput estimation; video bitrate; video delivery; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Delays; Estimation; Media; Streaming media; Throughput; Adaptivity; HTTP streaming; bitrate estimation; throughput estimation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications and Networks, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1229-2370

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JCN.2013.000112

Filename

6713779