Improvement of throughput prediction accuracy for video streaming in mobile environment

With the increasing demand for video streaming in mobile environment, we have been tackling a research on throughput prediction based on the measurement history data in order to improve service quality[1][2]. Since throughput fluctuation occurs sharply in mobile environment, useless packet loss or congestion occurs when available network bandwidth is insufficient compared to the bit rate of video contents. Hence, it is possible to improve the quality of service by deducing the available throughput and selecting appropriate bit rate for the video contents. In this paper, we propose a throughput prediction method that considers mobile locations of a train and their throughput history and show promising experimental results.