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QoE-driven and network-aware adaptation capabilities in mobile multimedia applications

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This paper deals with the analysis of mobile multimedia services, with special focus on current media resolutions for mobile handsets. Since variable network conditions entail variable quality levels, nowadays several applications implement some kind of dynamic service adaptation in order to mitigate these effects. This paper analyzes the service performance from an end-to-end perspective, taking into account the several agents involved in the service provision. From a detailed study, the different possible sources of degradations are identified as well as their impact into the expected quality as perceived by end users. Based on the obtained results, the possible effects of different adaptation capabilities are discussed. The identification of the main source of degradations at the destination endpoint improves the adaptation capabilities and enhances the service performance in terms of perceived quality.

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Abbreviations

QoE:

Quality of Experience

CN:

Core Network

AN:

Access Network

NQ:

Normal Quality

HQ:

High Quality

LATM:

Low-overhead MPEG-4 Audio Transport Multiplex

SR:

Spatial Resolution

SBR:

Source Bitrate

VQEG:

Video Quality Experts Group

CT:

Content Type

FR:

Frame Rate

MOS:

Mean Opinion Score

SS:

Single Stimulus

ACR:

Absolute Category Rating

CI:

Confidence Interval

LM:

Low-Motion

MM:

Medium-Motion

HM:

High-Motion

CDN:

Content Delivery Network

IPLR:

IP Packet Loss Ratio

MBL:

Mean Burst Length

fMBL:

Frame-level Mean Burst Length

RLC:

Radio Link Control

AM:

Acknowledge Mode

BLER:

Block Error Rate

TTI:

Transmission Time Interval

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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement num. 214751/ /ICT-ADAMANTIUM/.

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Fajardo, J.O., Taboada, I. & Liberal, F. QoE-driven and network-aware adaptation capabilities in mobile multimedia applications. Multimed Tools Appl 70, 311–332 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-011-0825-y

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