Quality-adaptive scheduling for live streaming over multiple access networks
Kristian Evensen, Tomáš Kupka, Dominik Kaspar, Pål Halvorsen, Carsten Griwodz · 2010
Video streaming ranks among the most popular services offered through the Internet today. At the same time, accessing the Internet over public WiFi and 3G networks has become part of our everyday lives. However, streaming video in wireless environments is often subject to frequent periods of rebuffering and characterized by low picture quality. In particular, achieving smooth and quality-adaptive streaming of live video poses a big challenge in mobile scenarios.