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Enhancing Low Latency Adaptive Live Streaming Through Precise Bandwidth Prediction


Abstract:

To ensure high performance for HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS), it is critical to provide accurate prediction of end-to-end network bandwidth. Low Latency Live Streaming (L...Show More

Abstract:

To ensure high performance for HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS), it is critical to provide accurate prediction of end-to-end network bandwidth. Low Latency Live Streaming (LLLS), which has been gaining popularity, faces even greater challenges in this regard. Unlike Video-on-Demand (VOD) streaming, which only needs long-term bandwidth prediction and can tolerate some prediction errors, LLLS demands precise short-term bandwidth predictions. These challenges are amplified by the fact that short-term bandwidth experiences both large abrupt changes and uncertain fluctuations. Furthermore, obtaining valid bandwidth measurement samples in LLLS poses difficulties due to the on-off traffic pattern. In this work, we present DeeProphet, a system designed to enhance the performance of LLLS by achieving accurate bandwidth prediction. DeeProphet collects valid bandwidth samples by identifying intervals of packet continuous sending leveraging TCP state information, estimates the segment-level bandwidth robustly by filtering out noisy samples, and predicts both significant changes and uncertain fluctuations in future bandwidth by combining both time series and learning-based models. Experimental results demonstrate that DeeProphet effectively enhances the overall Quality of Experience (QoE) by 39.5% to 464.6% compared to state-of-the-art LLLS Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) algorithms.
Published in: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking ( Volume: 32, Issue: 6, December 2024)
Page(s): 4676 - 4691
Date of Publication: 18 July 2024

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