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Content providers increasingly replace traditional constant bitrate with variable bitrate (VBR) encoding in real-time video communication systems for better video quality. However, VBR encoding often leads to large and frequent bitrate…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Zicheng Zhang , Hao Chen , Xun Cao , Zhan Ma

Virtual reality (VR) is making waves around the world recently. However, traditional video streaming is not suitable for VR video because of the huge size and view switch requirements of VR videos. Since the view of each user is limited, it…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-28 Jie Feng , Yongpeng Wu , Guangtao Zhai , Ning Liu , Wenjun Zhang

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

The increase in video streaming has presented a challenge of handling stream request effectively, especially over networks that are variable. This paper describes a new adaptive video streaming architecture capable of changing the video…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Mohammad Tarik , Qutaiba Ibrahim

Recent advances in omnidirectional cameras and AR/VR headsets have spurred the adoption of 360-degree videos that are widely believed to be the future of online video streaming. 360-degree videos allow users to wear a head-mounted display…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Ali Zeynali , Mahsa Sahebdel , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Ramesh K. Sitaraman

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

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

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

In conventional HTTP-based adaptive streaming (HAS), a video source is encoded at multiple levels of constant bitrate representations, and a client makes its representation selections according to the measured network bandwidth. While…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Zhi Li , Ali C. Begen , Joshua Gahm , Yufeng Shan , Bruce Osler , David Oran

Motivated by emerging vision-based intelligent services, we consider the problem of rate adaptation for high quality and low delay visual information delivery over wireless networks using scalable video coding. Rate adaptation in this…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Hussein Al-Zubaidy , Viktoria Fodor , György Dán , Markus Flierl

With the merit of containing full panoramic content in one camera, Virtual Reality (VR) and 360-degree videos have attracted more and more attention in the field of industrial cloud manufacturing and training. Industrial Internet of Things…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Wei Quan , Yuxuan Pan , Bin Xiang , Lin Zhang

This paper proposes and evaluates a novel algorithm for streaming video over HTTP. The problem is formulated as a non-convex optimization problem which is constrained by the predicted available bandwidth, chunk deadlines, available video…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Anis Elgabli , Vaneet Aggarwal

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

HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is nowadays a popular solution for multimedia delivery. The novelty of HAS lies in the possibility of continuously adapting the streaming session to current network conditions, facilitated by Adaptive Bitrate…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Babak Taraghi , Selina Zoë Haack , Christian Timmerer

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

Virtual Reality (VR) streaming enables end-users to seamlessly immerse themselves in interactive virtual environments using even low-end devices. However, the quality of the VR experience heavily relies on Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Miguel Casasnovas , Costas Michaelides , Marc Carrascosa-Zamacois , Boris Bellalta

In HTTP Adaptive Streaming, video content is conventionally encoded by adapting its spatial resolution and quantization level to best match the prevailing network state and display characteristics. It is well known that the traditional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-17 Angeliki V. Katsenou , Fan Zhang , Kyle Swanson , Mariana Afonso , Joel Sole , David R. Bull

Nowadays Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) is the most prevalent solution on the Internet for multimedia streaming and responsible for the majority of global traffic. DASH uses adaptive bit rate (ABR) algorithms, which select the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Pablo Gil Pereira , Andreas Schmidt , Thorsten Herfet

In the tile-based 360-degree video streaming, predicting user's future viewpoints and developing adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithms are essential for optimizing user's quality of experience (QoE). Traditional single-user based viewpoint…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Jun Fu , Zhibo Chen , Xiaoming Chen , Weiping Li

Video service providers need their delivery systems to be able to adapt to network conditions, user preferences, display settings, and other factors. HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) offers dynamic switching between different video…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-16 Krishna Srikar Durbha , Alan C. Bovik