Quality-aware strategies for optimizing ABR video streaming QoE and reducing data usage

Y Qin, S Hao, KR Pattipati, F Qian, S Sen… - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Streaming videos over cellular networks is highly challenging. Since cellular data is a
relatively scarce resource, many video and network providers offer options for users to …

BOLA: Near-optimal bitrate adaptation for online videos

K Spiteri, R Urgaonkar… - IEEE/ACM transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern video players employ complex algorithms to adapt the bitrate of the video that is
shown to the user. Bitrate adaptation requires a tradeoff between reducing the probability …

OSCAR: An optimized stall-cautious adaptive bitrate streaming algorithm for mobile networks

AH Zahran, J Quinlan, D Raca, CJ Sreenan… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
The design of an adaptive video client for mobile users is challenged by the frequent
changes in operating conditions. Such conditions present a seemingly insurmountable …

Improving the performance of online bitrate adaptation with multi-step prediction over cellular networks

B Wang, F Ren, J Yang, C Zhou - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Video streaming over mobile is flourishing, and most commercial players use adaptive
bitrate (ABR) streaming to deliver video in varying network conditions. Using network …

From theory to practice: Improving bitrate adaptation in the DASH reference player

K Spiteri, R Sitaraman, D Sparacio - ACM Transactions on Multimedia …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Modern video streaming uses adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithms that run inside video players
and continually adjust the quality (ie, bitrate) of the video segments that are downloaded and …

DataPlanner: data-budget driven approach to resource-efficient ABR streaming

Y Qin, C Shende, C Park, S Sen, B Wang - Proceedings of the 12th ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Over-the-top video (OTT) streaming accounts for the majority of traffic on cellular networks,
and also places a heavy demand on users' limited monthly cellular data budgets. In contrast …

ABR streaming of VBR-encoded videos: characterization, challenges, and solutions

Y Qin, S Hao, KR Pattipati, F Qian, S Sen… - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) video streaming is widely used for over-the-top (OTT) video delivery.
Recently, streaming providers have been moving towards using Variable Bitrate (VBR) …

Balancing quality of experience and traffic volume in adaptive bitrate streaming

T Kimura, T Kimura, A Matsumoto, K Yamagishi - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming services have spread with advances in the codec, video
streaming, and network technologies. For smooth video playback in ABR streaming …

Traffic-aware rate adaptation for improving time-varying QoE factors in mobile video streaming

A Xiao, X Huang, S Wu, H Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile video has become one of the most valuable services in next-generation
heterogeneous networks, and users' quality of experience (QoE) is recognized as its …

Hindsight: Evaluate video bitrate adaptation at scale

TY Huang, C Ekanadham, AJ Berglund… - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The Adaptive bitrate algorithm (ABR) is an essential part of any HTTP-based video
streaming service. Given the endless array of network environments, device capabilities …