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5G-UHD: design, prototyping and empirical evaluation of adaptive Ultra-High-Definition video streaming based on scalable H.265 in virtualised 5G networks

Pablo Salva-Garcia, Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, Ricardo Marco Alaez, Enrique Chirivella-Perez, James Nightingale, Qi Wang*

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Abstract

Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) video applications such as streaming are envisioned as a main driver for the emerging Fifth Generation (5G) mobile networks being developed worldwide. This paper focuses on addressing a major technical challenge in meeting UHD users’ growing expectation for continuous high-quality video delivery in 5G hotspots where congestion is commonplace to occur. A novel 5G-UHD framework is proposed towards achieving adaptive video streaming in this demanding scenario to pave the way for self-optimisation oriented 5G UHD streaming. The architectural design and the video stream optimisation mechanism are described, and the system is prototyped based on a realistic virtualised 5G testbed. Empirical experiments validate the design of the framework and yield a set of insightful performance evaluation results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-184
Number of pages14
JournalComputer Communications
Volume118
Early online date2 Dec 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Mar 2018

Funding

This work was funded in part by the European Commission Horizon 2020 5G PPP Programme under grant agreement number H2020-ICT-2014-2/671672 – SELFNET (Self-Organized Network Management in Virtualized and Software Defined Networks). The authors wish to thank all the SELFNET partners for their support in this work. This work was additionally funded by the UWS 5G Video Lab project.

Keywords

  • 5G networks
  • performance evaluation
  • scalable H.265/HEVC
  • testbed
  • UHD video streaming
  • video adaptation

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