access icon free Experimental evaluation of the impact of mobility management protocols on HTTP adaptive streaming

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Received 18/12/2016, Accepted 28/07/2017, Revised 03/06/2017, Published 01/08/2017

Video content is increasingly being consumed on the move using mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. In order to deal with the challenges of heterogeneity of network access technologies and fluctuating resources, which are inherent features of mobile communication, HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) is becoming the default technology for online video streaming. However, little research has been carried out to better understand the impact of handover schemes of the various mobility management protocols on the video quality of HAS. In this study, the authors present a comprehensive experimental measurement of the impact of handover on three representative HAS players. First, they implement three existing mobility management protocols, MIPv6, LISP-MN and PMIPv6, on a network testbed. Using the fluid flow mobility model, the impact of frequent handover on the average video quality, the bandwidth utilisation and stability of the players was investigated. Their results show a degradation of all the observed parameters in all the reviewed players.

Inspec keywords: transport protocols; mobility management (mobile radio); hypermedia; video streaming; smart phones

Other keywords: LISP-MN; HTTP adaptive streaming; network access technologies; online video streaming; fluctuating resources; network testbed; player stability; tablets; fluid flow mobility model; video quality; HAS; MIPv6; mobile communication; bandwidth utilisation; mobility management protocols; smart phones; mobile devices; PMIPv6; handover schemes; video content

Subjects: Video on demand and video servers; Mobile radio systems; Protocols; Network management

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