Title: Rate Oscillation Breaks IN HTTP ON-OFF Distributions (ROBIN-HOOD): a DASH Framework
Abstract: The chances of multiple video players sharing a bottleneck link becomes increasingly likely as dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) remains popular. Multi-player DASH scenarios across bottleneck links pose many user-perceived quality of experience (QoE) challenges. Existing solutions still do not address the adequate sharing of network resources. We present a rate oscillation breaks in HTTP on-off distributions (ROBIN-HOOD) framework for DASH. A streaming approach implementing this framework allows player(s) receiving high bitrates to demand lower quality video segments, while the player receiving the lowest bitrate demands higher quality video segments. This mechanism allows the weaker players to improve their share of available network resources. The result is better user-QoE for players. Two approaches implementing the framework, B-DASH (heuristic) and S-MDP (stochastic), are compared in live internet experiments. It is shown that Robin-Hood improves user-QoE. In addition, the MDP stochastic S-MDP Robin-Hood approach outperforms the heuristic B-DASH Robin-Hood approach.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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