7 research outputs found
Provider-Controlled Bandwidth Management for HTTP-based Video Delivery
Over the past few years, a revolution in video delivery technology has taken place as mobile viewers and over-the-top (OTT) distribution paradigms have significantly changed the landscape of video delivery services. For decades, high quality video was only available in the home via linear television or physical media. Though Web-based services brought video to desktop and laptop computers, the dominance of proprietary delivery protocols and codecs inhibited research efforts. The recent emergence of HTTP adaptive streaming protocols has prompted a re-evaluation of legacy video delivery paradigms and introduced new questions as to the scalability and manageability of OTT video delivery.
This dissertation addresses the question of how to enable for content and network service providers the ability to monitor and manage large numbers of HTTP adaptive streaming clients in an OTT environment. Our early work focused on demonstrating the viability of server-side pacing schemes to produce an HTTP-based streaming server. We also investigated the ability of client-side pacing schemes to work with both commodity HTTP servers and our HTTP streaming server. Continuing our client-side pacing research, we developed our own client-side data proxy architecture which was implemented on a variety of mobile devices and operating systems. We used the portable client architecture as a platform for investigating different rate adaptation schemes and algorithms. We then concentrated on evaluating the network impact of multiple adaptive bitrate clients competing for limited network resources, and developing schemes for enforcing fair access to network resources.
The main contribution of this dissertation is the definition of segment-level client and network techniques for enforcing class of service (CoS) differentiation between OTT HTTP adaptive streaming clients. We developed a segment-level network proxy architecture which works transparently with adaptive bitrate clients through the use of segment replacement. We also defined a segment-level rate adaptation algorithm which uses download aborts to enforce CoS differentiation across distributed independent clients. The segment-level abstraction more accurately models application-network interactions and highlights the difference between segment-level and packet-level time scales. Our segment-level CoS enforcement techniques provide a foundation for creating scalable managed OTT video delivery services
Distribuição de vídeo para grupos de utilizadores em redes móveis heterogéneas19
The evolutions veri ed in mobile devices capabilities (storage capacity, screen
resolution, processor, etc.) over the last years led to a signi cant change
in mobile user behavior, with the consumption and creation of multimedia
content becoming more common, in particular video tra c. Consequently,
mobile operator networks, despite being the target of architectural evolutions
and improvements over several parameters (such as capacity, transmission
and reception performance, amongst others), also increasingly become more
frequently challenged by performance aspects associated to the nature of
video tra c, whether by the demanding requirements associated to that
service, or by its volume increase in such networks.
This Thesis proposes modi cations to the mobile architecture towards a more
e cient video broadcasting, de ning and developing mechanisms applicable
to the network, or to the mobile terminal. Particularly, heterogeneous
networks multicast IP mobility supported scenarios are focused, emphasizing
their application over di erent access technologies. The suggested changes
are applicable to mobile or static user scenarios, whether it performs the role
of receiver or source of the video tra c. Similarly, the de ned mechanisms
propose solutions targeting operators with di erent video broadcasting goals,
or whose networks have di erent characteristics. The pursued methodology
combined an experimental evaluation executed over physical testbeds,
with the mathematical evaluation using network simulation, allowing the
veri cation of its impact on the optimization of video reception in mobile
terminalsA evolução veri cada nas características dos dispositivos moveis (capacidade
de armazenamento, resolução do ecrã, processador, etc.) durante os
últimos anos levou a uma alteração signi cativa nos comportamentos dos
utilizadores, sendo agora comum o consumo e produção de conteúdos
multimédia envolvendo terminais móveis, em particular o tráfego vídeo.
Consequentemente, as redes de operador móvel, embora tendo também sido
alvo constante de evoluções arquitecturais e melhorias em vários parâmetros
(tais como capacidade, ritmo de transmissão/recepção, entre outros), vêemse
cada vez mais frequentemente desa adas por aspectos de desempenho
associados à natureza do tráfego de vídeo, seja pela exigência de requisitos
associados a esse serviço, quer pelo aumento do volume do mesmo nesse
tipo de redes.
Esta Tese propôe alterações à arquitetura móvel para a disseminação de vídeo
mais e ciente, de nindo e desenvolvendo mecanismos aplicáveis à rede, ou
ao utilizador móvel. Em particular, são focados cenários suportados por IP
multicast em redes móveis heterogéneas, isto é, com ênfase na aplicação
destes mecanismos sobre diferentes tecnologias de acesso. As alterações
sugeridas aplicam-se a cenários de utilizador estático ou móvel, sendo este a
fonte ou receptor do tráfego vídeo. Da mesma forma, são propostas soluções
tendo em vista operadores com diferentes objectivos de disseminação de
vídeo, ou cujas redes têm diferentes características. A metodologia utilizada
combinou a avaliação experimental em testbeds físicas com a avaliação
matemática em simulações de redes, e permitiu veri car o impacto sobre
a optimização da recepção de vídeo em terminais móveisPrograma Doutoral em Telecomunicaçõe
Verbesserung der Dateiverarbeitungskette in Betriebssystemen durch Nutzung der Skalierbarkeit moderner Kompressionsverfahren
Motivated by the current challenges in the field of computerized
processing of multimedia information, this work contributes to the field of
research on data processing and file management within computer systems. It
presents novel techniques that enhance existing file- and operating systems
by utilizing the scalability of modern media formats.
For this purpose, the compression formats JPEG 2000 and H.264 SVC will be
presented with a focus on how they achieve scalability. An analysis of the
limiting hard- and software components in a computer system for the
application area is presented. In particular, the restrictions of the
utilized storage-devices, data interfaces and file systems are laid out and
workarounds to compensate the performance bottlenecks are depicted.
According to the observation that compensating the defiles requires extra
efforts, new solution statements utilizing scalable media are derived and
examined, subsequently.
The present work reveals new concepts for managing scalable media files
comprising a new rights management as well as a use-case-optimized storage
technique. The rights management allows for granting access to certain
parts of a file by which the scalability of the media files can be
exploited in a way that users get access to various variants depending on
their access rights. The use-case-optimized storage technique increases the
throughput of hard disk drives when the subsequent access pattern to the
media content is known a-priori.
In addition, enhancements for existing data workflows are proposed by
taking advantage of scalable media. Based on the Substitution Strategy,
where missing data from a scalable file is compensated, a real-time capable
procedure for reading files is shown. Using this strategy, image-sequences
comprising a video can be shown at a given frame rate without interruptions
caused by insufficient throughput of the storage device or low-speed
interfaces used to connect the storage device. Adapted caching-strategies
facilitate an increase of images residing in cache compared to
non-scalable-variants. Additionally, a concept called Parameterizable
File-Access is introduced which allows users to request a certain variant
of a scalable file directly from the file system by adding side-information
to a virtual file name.Motiviert durch die aktuellen Herausforderungen im Bereich der
computergestützten Bearbeitung vom Multimediadaten, leistet die
vorliegende Arbeit einen Beitrag zum Forschungsgebiet der Datenverarbeitung
und Dateiverwaltung innerhalb von Computersystemen durch neuartige
Verfahren zur Nutzung skalierbarer Medien unter Verwendung vorhandener
Datei- und Betriebssysteme.
Hierzu werden die Kompressionsformate JPEG 2000 und H.264 SVC vorgestellt
und gezeigt, wie die Eigenschaft der Skalierbarkeit innerhalb der
verschiedenen Verfahren erreicht wird. Es folgt eine Analyse der
limitierenden Hard- und Softwarekomponenten in einem Computersystem für
das o.g. Einsatzgebiet. Ausgehend vom hohen Aufwand zur Kompensation der
Leistungsengpässe werden anschließend neue Lösungsansätze unter
Nutzung skalierbarer Medienformate abgeleitet, die nachfolgend untersucht
werden.
Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt hierzu neue Konzepte zur Verwaltung
skalierbarer Mediendaten, die durch ein neues Rechtemanagement sowie durch
eine speicheradaptive Ablagestrategie abgedeckt werden. Das
Rechtemanagement erlaubt die Vergabe von Zugriffsrechten auf verschiedene
Abschnitte einer Datei, wodurch die Skalierbarkeit der Medien derart
abgebildet werden kann, dass verschiedene Benutzer unterschiedliche
Varianten einer Datei angezeigt bekommen. Die speicheradaptive
Ablagestrategie erreicht Durchsatzsteigerungen der verwendeten
Datenträger, wenn das spätere Zugriffsverhalten auf die gespeicherten
Medien vorab bekannt ist.
Weiter werden Verbesserungen der Verarbeitungsabläufe unter Ausnutzung
skalierbarer Medien gezeigt. Auf Basis der entwickelten
Substitutionsmethode zur Kompensation fehlender Daten einer skalierbaren
Datei wird eine echtzeitfähige Einlesestrategie vorgestellt, die
unzureichende Durchsatzraten von Speichermedien bzw. langsamen
Schnittstellen derart kompensieren kann, dass eine unterbrechungsfreie
Ausspielung von Bildsequenzen bei einer vorgegebenen Bildwiederholrate
gewährleistet werden kann. Angepasste Cache-Strategien ermöglichen eine
Steigerung der im Cache vorhaltbaren Einzelbilder im Vergleich zu nicht
skalierbaren Varianten. Darüber hinaus wird das Konzept eines
parametrisierbaren Dateiaufrufes eingeführt, wodurch mittels
Zusatzinformationen im virtuellen Dateinamen eine gewünschte Variante
einer skalierbaren Datei vom Datenspeicher angefragt werden kann
Verbesserung der Dateiverarbeitungskette in Betriebssystemen durch Nutzung der Skalierbarkeit moderner Kompressionsverfahren
Motivated by the current challenges in the field of computerized
processing of multimedia information, this work contributes to the field of
research on data processing and file management within computer systems. It
presents novel techniques that enhance existing file- and operating systems
by utilizing the scalability of modern media formats.
For this purpose, the compression formats JPEG 2000 and H.264 SVC will be
presented with a focus on how they achieve scalability. An analysis of the
limiting hard- and software components in a computer system for the
application area is presented. In particular, the restrictions of the
utilized storage-devices, data interfaces and file systems are laid out and
workarounds to compensate the performance bottlenecks are depicted.
According to the observation that compensating the defiles requires extra
efforts, new solution statements utilizing scalable media are derived and
examined, subsequently.
The present work reveals new concepts for managing scalable media files
comprising a new rights management as well as a use-case-optimized storage
technique. The rights management allows for granting access to certain
parts of a file by which the scalability of the media files can be
exploited in a way that users get access to various variants depending on
their access rights. The use-case-optimized storage technique increases the
throughput of hard disk drives when the subsequent access pattern to the
media content is known a-priori.
In addition, enhancements for existing data workflows are proposed by
taking advantage of scalable media. Based on the Substitution Strategy,
where missing data from a scalable file is compensated, a real-time capable
procedure for reading files is shown. Using this strategy, image-sequences
comprising a video can be shown at a given frame rate without interruptions
caused by insufficient throughput of the storage device or low-speed
interfaces used to connect the storage device. Adapted caching-strategies
facilitate an increase of images residing in cache compared to
non-scalable-variants. Additionally, a concept called Parameterizable
File-Access is introduced which allows users to request a certain variant
of a scalable file directly from the file system by adding side-information
to a virtual file name.Motiviert durch die aktuellen Herausforderungen im Bereich der
computergestützten Bearbeitung vom Multimediadaten, leistet die
vorliegende Arbeit einen Beitrag zum Forschungsgebiet der Datenverarbeitung
und Dateiverwaltung innerhalb von Computersystemen durch neuartige
Verfahren zur Nutzung skalierbarer Medien unter Verwendung vorhandener
Datei- und Betriebssysteme.
Hierzu werden die Kompressionsformate JPEG 2000 und H.264 SVC vorgestellt
und gezeigt, wie die Eigenschaft der Skalierbarkeit innerhalb der
verschiedenen Verfahren erreicht wird. Es folgt eine Analyse der
limitierenden Hard- und Softwarekomponenten in einem Computersystem für
das o.g. Einsatzgebiet. Ausgehend vom hohen Aufwand zur Kompensation der
Leistungsengpässe werden anschließend neue Lösungsansätze unter
Nutzung skalierbarer Medienformate abgeleitet, die nachfolgend untersucht
werden.
Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt hierzu neue Konzepte zur Verwaltung
skalierbarer Mediendaten, die durch ein neues Rechtemanagement sowie durch
eine speicheradaptive Ablagestrategie abgedeckt werden. Das
Rechtemanagement erlaubt die Vergabe von Zugriffsrechten auf verschiedene
Abschnitte einer Datei, wodurch die Skalierbarkeit der Medien derart
abgebildet werden kann, dass verschiedene Benutzer unterschiedliche
Varianten einer Datei angezeigt bekommen. Die speicheradaptive
Ablagestrategie erreicht Durchsatzsteigerungen der verwendeten
Datenträger, wenn das spätere Zugriffsverhalten auf die gespeicherten
Medien vorab bekannt ist.
Weiter werden Verbesserungen der Verarbeitungsabläufe unter Ausnutzung
skalierbarer Medien gezeigt. Auf Basis der entwickelten
Substitutionsmethode zur Kompensation fehlender Daten einer skalierbaren
Datei wird eine echtzeitfähige Einlesestrategie vorgestellt, die
unzureichende Durchsatzraten von Speichermedien bzw. langsamen
Schnittstellen derart kompensieren kann, dass eine unterbrechungsfreie
Ausspielung von Bildsequenzen bei einer vorgegebenen Bildwiederholrate
gewährleistet werden kann. Angepasste Cache-Strategien ermöglichen eine
Steigerung der im Cache vorhaltbaren Einzelbilder im Vergleich zu nicht
skalierbaren Varianten. Darüber hinaus wird das Konzept eines
parametrisierbaren Dateiaufrufes eingeführt, wodurch mittels
Zusatzinformationen im virtuellen Dateinamen eine gewünschte Variante
einer skalierbaren Datei vom Datenspeicher angefragt werden kann
Adaptive header compression techniques for mobile multimedia networks
EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
FLOSSTV Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) within participatory 'TV hacking' Media and Arts Practices
This research operates in the context of a European political discourse, where the main concern is countercultural approaches to non mandatory collaboration and contractual agreements. FLOSSTV (Free, Libre, Open Source Software TV) covers a broad range of practices, from television via documentary up to media arts productions. This thesis documents the endeavour to formulate a policy for FLOSS culture. FLOSSTV studies the impact of new intellectual property legislation on media production, as well as conceptions and applications of collective authorship and alternative licensing schemes.
FLOSSTV sets out to explore methods that can facilitate media and arts practitioners wishing to engage in collaborative media productions. The thesis sets out to investigate the theories and histories of collaborative media and arts productions in order to set the ground for an exploration of the tools, technologies and aesthetics of such collaborations. The FLOSSTV thesis proposes a set of contracts and policies that allow for such collaborations to develop. It is through practice that this research explores FLOSS culture, including its methods, licensing schemes and technologies. In order to focus the research within the field of FLOSSTV I initiated the practice based Deptford.TV pilot project as the central research experiment for the FLOSSTV thesis. DVD ONE contains a series of films produced collaboratively for Deptford.TV that express the characteristics and contractual arrangements of FLOSS culture.
Deptford.TV is an online audiovisual database primarily collecting media assets around the Deptford area, in SouthEast London, UK. Deptford.TV functions as an open, collaborative platform that allows artists, filmmakers, researchers and participants of the local workshops in and around Deptford, and also beyond Deptford, to store, share, reedit and redistribute their footage and projects. The open and collaborative nature of the Deptford.TV project demonstrates a form of shared media practice in two ways: audiences become producers by submitting their own footage, and the database enables the contributors to interact with each other. Through my practicelead research project Deptford.TV I argue that, by supporting collaborative methods and practices, FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software) can empower media and arts practitioners to collaborate in production and distribution processes of media and arts practices
XXIII Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación - CACIC 2017 : Libro de actas
Trabajos presentados en el XXIII Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC), celebrado en la ciudad de La Plata los días 9 al 13 de octubre de 2017, organizado por la Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI) y la Facultad de Informática de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP).Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI