Channel zapping time is a crucial issue in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Quality of
Experience (QoE) performance. One way to reduce channel zapping time is a predictive …

Mobile data offloading can greatly decrease the load on and usage of current and future
cellular data networks by exploiting opportunistic and frequent access to Wi-Fi connectivity …

In spite of the increasing deployment of IPTV services, various functionalities still need to be
improved. One of the main challenges is a reduction in startup delays, especially in channel …

As Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has become one of the major Internet applications,
IPTV users increase rapidly and hundreds of channels emerge to satisfy users' demands …

Internet protocol television (IPTV), which is rapidly growing in popularity, can provide
hundreds of channels; but the very number of channels, and the delay in switching between …

The channel zapping delay problem is a well-known problem in digital television. It has
been researched quite extensively in the context of IPTV. In this paper, we present a …

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is becoming increasingly popular as an emerging Internet
application due to its variety of contents and services. However, hundreds of IPTV channels …

In Internet Protocol TeleVision (IPTV) systems, the use of video compression results in a
trade-off between random access and bandwidth consumption. Most of the time, priority is …

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research has extensively employed eye-tracking
technologies in a variety of fields. Meanwhile, the ongoing development of Internet Protocol …

Channel zapping delays are inconveniences that are often experienced by the subscribers
of Internet protocol television (IPTV). It is a major bottleneck in the IPTV channels switching …