Suitability of Transport Techniques for Video Transmission in IP Networks

Authors

  • Tadeus Uhl Maritime University of Szczecin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-9168
  • Janusz Klink Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
  • Christian Hoppe Nextragen Solutions GmbH. Handewitt, Germany

Abstract

The paper discusses the problem of video transmission in an IP network. The authors consider the ability of using the most popular video codecs that use both the MPEG2 Transport Stream and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (DASH). The main emphasis was given to ensuring the quality of service and quality assessment methods, taking into account not only the service- or network provider’s point of view but also the end user’s perspective. Two quality assessment approaches were presented, i.e. objective and subjective methods. The authors presented the results of the quality evaluation for H.264/MPEG-4, H.265/HEVC and VP9 codecs. The objective measurements, proved by statistical analysis of user opinion scores, confirmed the ability of using H.265 and VP9 codecs in both real time and streaming transmissions, while the quality of video streaming over HTTP with the H.264 codec proved inadequate. The authors also presented a connection between the dynamics of network bandwidth changing and MPEG-DASH mechanism operation and their influence on the
quality experienced by users.

Author Biography

Tadeus Uhl, Maritime University of Szczecin

Faculty of Transport Engineering and Economics

Professor

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2024-04-19

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