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With the advent of 5G, the internet has entered a new video-centric era. From short-video platforms like TikTok to long-video platforms like Bilibili, online video services are reshaping user consumption habits. Adaptive Bitrate (ABR)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Pengcheng Luo , Yunyang Zhao , Bowen Zhang , Genke Yang , Boon-Hee Soong , Chau Yuen

As the video streaming traffic in mobile networks is increasing, improving the content delivery process becomes crucial, e.g., by utilizing edge computing support. At an edge node, we can deploy adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithms with a…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Jesús Aguilar-Armijo , Ekrem Çetinkaya , Christian Timmerer , Hermann Hellwagner

Conventional adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming systems typically rely on static bitrate ladders to optimize Quality of Experience (QoE). While operationally simple, this "one-size-fits-all" approach neglects content-specific characteristics,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Xin Xiong , Yixu Chen , Hai Wei , Yongjun Wu , Sriram Sethuraman

Real-time interactive Virtual Reality (VR) streaming is a significantly challenging use case for Wi-Fi given its high throughput and low latency requirements, especially considering the constraints imposed by the possible presence of other…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Miguel Casasnovas , Ferran Maura , Isjtar Vandebroeck , Haryo Sukmawanto , Eric Joris , Boris Bellalta

Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) decision plays a crucial role for ensuring satisfactory Quality of Experience (QoE) in video streaming applications, in which past network statistics are mainly leveraged for future network bandwidth prediction.…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Jiaoyang Yin , Yiling Xu , Hao Chen , Yunfei Zhang , Steve Appleby , Zhan Ma

Current Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) methods react to network congestion after it occurs, causing application layer buffering and latency spikes in live video streaming. We introduce a proactive semantic control channel that enables coordination…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Andreas Casparsen , Van-Phuc Bui , Shashi Raj Pandey , Jimmy Jessen Nielsen , Petar Popovski

Effective Adaptive BitRate (ABR) algorithm or policy is of paramount importance for Real-Time Video Communication (RTVC) amid this pandemic to pursue uncompromised quality of experience (QoE). Existing ABR methods mainly separate the…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Yueheng Li , Hao Chen , Bowei Xu , Zicheng Zhang , Zhan Ma

The main task of HTTP Adaptive Streaming is to adapt video quality dynamically under variable network conditions. This is a key feature for multimedia delivery especially when quality of service cannot be granted network-wide and, e.g.,…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2016-10-10 Zakaria Ye , Rachid El-Azouzi , Tania Jimenez , Francesco De Pellegrini

Recently, HTTP Adaptive Streaming HAS has received significant attention from both industry and academia based on its ability to enhancing media streaming services over the Internet. Recent research solutions that have tried to improve HAS…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Hong Thinh Pham , Ngoc Nam Pham , Huu Thanh Nguyen , Alan Marshall , Thu Huong Truong

Over the recent years, research and development in adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithms for live video streaming have been successful in improving users' quality of experience (QoE) by reducing latency to near real-time levels while delivering…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Adithya Raman , Bekir Turkkan , Tevfik Kosar

HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) has become the universal technology for video streaming over the Internet. Many HAS system designs aim at sharing the network bandwidth in a rate-fair manner. However, rate fairness is in general not equivalent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-06 Stefano D'Aronco , Laura Toni , Pascal Frossard

User-perceived quality-of-experience (QoE) is critical in internet video delivery systems. Extensive prior work has studied the design of client-side bitrate adaptation algorithms to maximize single-player QoE. However, multiplayer QoE…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Xiaoqi Yin , Mihovil Bartulović , Vyas Sekar , Bruno Sinopoli

Streaming rendered content is an attractive way to bring high-quality graphics to billions of mobile devices that do not have sufficient rendering power. Existing solutions render content on a server at a fixed frame rate, typically 30 or…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-13 Yaru Liu , Joseph G. March , Rafal K. Mantiuk

This paper delves into the synergistic potential of adaptive video streaming over emerging 6G wireless networks, emphasizing innovative buffer control techniques and detailed analysis of user viewing behaviors. As 6G technology heralds a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Kevin Nassisid , Teef David , Kassi Muhammad

The QUIC transport protocol represents a significant evolution in web transport technologies, offering improved performance and reduced latency compared to traditional protocols like TCP. Given the growing number of QUIC implementations,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Jashanjot Singh Sidhu , Abdelhak Bentaleb

This paper investigates the adaptive bitrate (ABR) video semantic communication over wireless networks. In the considered model, video sensing devices must transmit video semantic information to an edge server, to facilitate ubiquitous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Wentao Gong , Haonan Tong , Sihua Wang , Zhaohui Yang , Xinxin He , Changchuan Yin

While video streaming algorithms are a hot research area, with interesting new approaches proposed every few months, little is known about the behavior of the streaming algorithms deployed across large online streaming platforms that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Melissa Licciardello , Maximilian Grüner , Ankit Singla

Live streaming has experienced significant growth recently. Yet this rise in popularity contrasts with the reality that a substantial segment of the global population still lacks Internet access. The emergence of Low Earth orbit Satellite…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Hao Fang , Haoyuan Zhao , Jianxin Shi , Miao Zhang , Guanzhen Wu , Yi Ching Chou , Feng Wang , Jiangchuan Liu

Over the last few years, 360{\deg} video traffic on the network has grown significantly. A key challenge of 360{\deg} video playback is ensuring a high quality of experience (QoE) with limited network bandwidth. Currently, most studies…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Haopeng Wang , Zijian Long , Haiwei Dong , Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

Adaptive video streaming plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality video streaming services. Despite extensive research efforts devoted to Adaptive BitRate (ABR) techniques, the current reinforcement learning (RL)-based ABR algorithms…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-08 Shuoyao Wang , Jiawei Lin , Fangwei Ye