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Step response metric for video encoder rate control characterisation

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Adaptive streaming is a widely-used solution to avoid playback interruptions and compensate for insufficient bandwidth or momentary congestion. A temporary reduction in bitrate results in less or no video break-up and rebuffering. The rate control mechanism of a codec implementation allows the selection of a target bitrate and tries to meet this target within certain constraints e.g. number of frames, with a certain percentage overshoot. However the target bitrate is not always instantaneously achievable, and the number of bits required to encode a frame are highly content-dependent. In this paper the Codec Step Response metric is proposed to measure the effectiveness of a codec rate control at responding to instantaneous rate variations. This metric allows the measurements of the suitability of a rate control implementation for an application or access network.

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NOSSDAV '16: Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video
May 2016
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DOI:10.1145/2910642
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  2. metrics
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  • (2018)Elastically Reliable Video Transport Protocol Over Lossy Satellite LinksIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications10.1109/JSAC.2018.283285836:5(1097-1108)Online publication date: May-2018

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