학술논문

Smooth quality streaming of live Internet video
Document Type
Conference
Source
IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2004. GLOBECOM '04. GLOBECOM '04 Global Telecommunications Conference, 2004. GLOBECOM '04. IEEE. 2:627-633 Vol.2 2004
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Aerospace
Streaming media
Internet
Quality of service
Bandwidth
Availability
Maintenance
Artificial neural networks
Fuzzy control
Fuzzy neural networks
Humans
Language
Abstract
A live video stream, when encoded and transmitted using a congestion controlled IP flow, experiences a variety of quality of service due to variations in video content activity and bandwidth availability, resulting in frequent oscillations in video quality. By utilizing a reliable metric of perceived quality, we propose a technique for source rate control of real-time live video that maintains a more uniform quality. The method comprises artificial neural networks to generate predictions of the ongoing quality and a fuzzy rate-quality controller that considers properties of human perception of quality in order to provide smooth streaming quality. Experimental results indicate that in the presence of sufficient buffering, the proposed adaptation technique can improve quality stability, while maintaining TCP-friendly transmission.