Distributed Rate Allocation Policies for Multi-Homed Video Streaming over Heterogeneous Access Networks

Details Distributed Rate Allocation Policies for Multi-Homed Video Streaming over Heterogeneous Access Networks Distributed Rate Allocation Policies for Multi-Homed Video Streaming over Heterogeneous Access Networks

2010-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/1001.1013v1

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Pages: 752-764, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, Date: June 2009

Computer Science

Multimedia

12 pages, 22 figures

Scientific paper

We consider the problem of rate allocation among multiple simultaneous video streams sharing multiple heterogeneous access networks. We develop and evaluate an analytical framework for optimal rate allocation based on observed available bit rate (ABR) and round-trip time (RTT) over each access network and video distortion-rate (DR) characteristics. The rate allocation is formulated as a convex optimization problem that minimizes the total expected distortion of all video streams. We present a distributed approximation of its solution and compare its performance against H-infinity optimal control and two heuristic schemes based on TCP-style additive-increase-multiplicative decrease (AIMD) principles. The various rate allocation schemes are evaluated in simulations of multiple high-definition (HD) video streams sharing multiple access networks. Our results demonstrate that, in comparison with heuristic AIMD-based schemes, both media-aware allocation and H-infinity optimal control benefit from proactive congestion avoidance and reduce the average packet loss rate from 45% to below 2%. Improvement in average received video quality ranges between 1.5 to 10.7 dB in PSNR for various background traffic loads and video playout deadlines. Media-aware allocation further exploits its knowledge of the video DR characteristics to achieve a more balanced video quality among all streams.

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