Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework

Farshad, Arsham; Georgopoulos, Panagiotis; Broadbent, Matthew; Mu, Mu; Race, Nicholas

Abstract

Online video streaming using HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is becoming the most popular content delivery mechanism for media services. Network and content providers would like to ensure a high degree of video Quality of Experience (QoE) for their end-users. However, traditional network-level metrics do not necessarily reflect the end-users' true perception of delivered content.We introduce an in-network QoE measurement framework (IQMF) that provides QoE monitoring for HAS streams as a service. The framework leverages Software Defined Networking for its control plane functionality to streamline non-intrusive quality monitoring and to offer a closed control loop for QoE-aware service management. IQMF adopts two specifically designed QoE metrics to capture the user experience of HAS streams with respect to video fidelity and switching impact. Finally, we used a pan-European SDN testbed to demonstrate how IQMF can be used as a foundation for in-network QoE measurement and service optimisation.

Citation

Farshad, A., Georgopoulos, P., Broadbent, M., Mu, M., & Race, N. (2015). Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) (239-244). https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2015.7179391

• Conference Name: 2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)
• Conference Location: Hong Kong, China
• Start Date: Apr 26, 2015
• End Date: May 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 6, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 10, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 239-244
• Book Title: 2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2015.7179391
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2843997