Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework

Arsham Farshad; Panagiotis Georgopoulos; Matthew Broadbent; Mu Mu; Nicholas Race

doi:10.1109/INFCOMW.2015.7179391

Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework

Arsham Farshad
, Panagiotis Georgopoulos
, Matthew Broadbent
, Mu Mu
, Nicholas Race

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Abstract

Online video streaming using HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is becoming the most popular content delivery mechanism for media services. Network and content providers would like to ensure a high degree of video Quality of Experience (QoE) for their end-users. However, traditional network-level metrics do not necessarily reflect the end-users' true perception of delivered content.We introduce an in-network QoE measurement framework (IQMF) that provides QoE monitoring for HAS streams as a service. The framework leverages Software Defined Networking for its control plane functionality to streamline non-intrusive quality monitoring and to offer a closed control loop for QoE-aware service management. IQMF adopts two specifically designed QoE metrics to capture the user experience of HAS streams with respect to video fidelity and switching impact. Finally, we used a pan-European SDN testbed to demonstrate how IQMF can be used as a foundation for in-network QoE measurement and service optimisation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CNTCV 2015: 2nd workshop on communication & networking techniques for contemporary video 2015
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-7131-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2015.7179391
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2015
Event	CNTCV 2015: 2nd Workshop on Communication & Networking Techniques for Contemporary Video 2015 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 26 Apr 2015 → 1 May 2015 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7179285

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Conference	CNTCV 2015: 2nd Workshop on Communication & Networking Techniques for Contemporary Video 2015
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	26/04/15 → 1/05/15
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7179285

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Keywords

Streaming media
Quality assessment
Video recording
Bit rate
Switches
Monitoring

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