Available bandwidth estimation for high quality television content
May 1, 2013·,
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Fabian Chaparro
Cesar D. Guerrero
Francisco Fraile
Abstract
High quality television content such as IPTV is delivered at a high cost for network operators. Most of the time, the network capacity (maximum bandwidth) is under-utilized and therefore there is room for additional content to be placed by an IPTV content generator in the communication channel. In order to use the spare capacity, it is necessary to use mechanisms to estimate the bandwidth availability in such way that the content generator is able to react when there is a change in the network. In this paper it is shown that an available bandwidth estimator can be used to provide estimates to an IPTV content generator so that new content can be delivered or the quality of service and experience can be improved. A controlled network environment is used to transmit five sequences of an IPTV video and measure the real utilization of the network and compare it with the estimated by a tool called Traceband. Results show that the granularity of the estimation is good for the content generator to react to variations in the network utilization.
Type
Publication
2013 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM), 1–5. IEEE
Authors
PhD 2013
Francisco Fraile obtained a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from UPV, an M.S. in Microwave Engineering from the University of Gävle (2004), an M.S. in Telematics from UPV (2009) and his PhD in Telecommunications (2013). From 2004 to 2010 he worked for the Swedish company Interactive TV Arena, and in 2006 he joined COMM. His work focused on DVB and IP networks for the delivery of television content.