[HTML][HTML] 5G network slicing using SDN and NFV: A survey of taxonomy, architectures and future challenges

AA Barakabitze, A Ahmad, R Mijumbi, A Hines - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing consumption of multimedia services and the demand of high-quality services
from customers has triggered a fundamental change in how we administer networks in terms …

QoE management of multimedia streaming services in future networks: A tutorial and survey

AA Barakabitze, N Barman, A Ahmad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The highly demanding Over-The-Top (OTT) multimedia applications pose increased
challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for assuring a reasonable Quality of …

Supervised-learning-based qoe prediction of video streaming in future networks: A tutorial with comparative study

A Ahmad, AB Mansoor, AA Barakabitze… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quality of experience (QoE)-based service management remains key for successful
provisioning of multimedia services in next-generation networks such as 5G/6G, which …

Measuring, modeling and integrating time-varying video quality in end-to-end multimedia service delivery: A review and open challenges

CTER Hewage, A Ahmad, T Mallikarachchi… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The multimedia delivery chain consists of multiple stages such as content preparation,
content delivery via Over-The-Top delivery network and Internet Service Providers network …

MNO-OTT collaborative video streaming in 5G: The zero-rated QoE approach for quality and resource management

A Ahmad, L Atzori - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Quality of Experience (QoE) management procedures for multimedia services benefit
from an effective collaboration between the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and the Over …

Timber: An SDN-based emulation platform for experimental research on video streaming

A Ahmad, A Floris, L Atzori - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an open source Software-Defined Networking (SDN) based
emulation platform called Timber. We aim to provide the research community with an …

User behavior-ensemble learning based improving QoE fairness in HTTP adaptive streaming over SDN approach

T Abar, AB Letaifa, S El Asmi - Advances in Computers, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Quality of Experience (QoE) for multimedia services is formed by a wealthy
interaction between system, context and human factors. Whereas system and context …

Metaverse Survey & Tutorial: Exploring Key Requirements, Technologies, Standards, Applications, Challenges, and Perspectives

DB Rawat, DH Hagos - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.04718, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of the metaverse, envisioned as a
transformative dimension of next-generation Internet technologies. This study not only …

Multimedia Privacy and Security Landscape in the Wake of AI/ML

CTER Hewage, SK Khattak, A Ahmad… - Social Media …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Privacy and security of multimedia content came under scrutiny with the wider application of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)-based technologies. The issues range …

Collaborative QoE management using SDN

A Floris, L Atzori - ACM SIGMultimedia Records, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm offers the flexibility and programmability
in the deployment and management of network services by separating the Control plane …