Trajectory-aware playback to overcome user experience challenges for streaming media in the vehicle
Milan Z. Bjelica, Mia Stepanovic, Branimir Kovačević, Nikola Dj. Teslic · 2020
New trends in the automotive industry, such as emobility and autonomous driving, give birth to challenges of engaging passengers in a vehicle. Once relieved from driving tasks, passengers may take up productive and entertainment-related activities, such as media consumption. It is assumed that by 2030 in-car cabin would mostly resemble a living room, whereas internet connectivity would become one of the most important enablers for new content delivery. Streaming media in such an environment poses a challenge, given that reliability and adequate coverage in 4G and coming 5G networks are mandatory. In this paper, we give a brief analysis of challenges which streaming media would bring to the user experience. We give a proposal of a software stack for a trajectory-aware playback, capable of predicting streaming quality drops and proposing appropriate fallbacks.