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SVCEval-RA: an evaluation framework for adaptive scalable video streaming

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Multimedia content adaption strategies are becoming increasingly important for effective video streaming over the actual heterogeneous networks. Thus, evaluation frameworks for adaptive video play an important role in the designing and deploying process of adaptive multimedia streaming systems. This paper describes a novel simulation framework for rate-adaptive video transmission using the Scalable Video Coding standard (H.264/SVC). Our approach uses feedback information about the available bandwidth to allow the video source to select the most suitable combination of SVC layers for the transmission of a video sequence. The proposed solution has been integrated into the network simulator NS-2 in order to support realistic network simulations. To demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed solution we perform a simulation study where a video sequence was transmitted over a three network scenarios. The experimental results show that the Adaptive SVC scheme implemented in our framework provides an efficient alternative that helps to avoid an increase in the network congestion in resource-constrained networks. Improvements in video quality, in terms of PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) and SSIM (Structural Similarity Index) are also obtained.

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    Wilder E. Castellanos, Juan C. Guerri & Pau Arce

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Castellanos, W.E., Guerri, J.C. & Arce, P. SVCEval-RA: an evaluation framework for adaptive scalable video streaming. Multimed Tools Appl 76, 437–461 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-3046-y

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