GroupCast: Preference-Aware Cooperative Video Streaming With Scalable Video Coding

• Published in: IEEE/ACM transactions on networking Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 1138 - 1150
• Main Authors: Elgabli, Anis, Felemban, Muhamad, Aggarwal, Vaneet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Bandwidth; Bandwidths; Coding; Computational geometry; Convexity; Cooperation; Cooperative video streaming; non convex optimization; Optimization; Polynomials; Prediction algorithms; Quality of experience; rate adaptation; scalable video coding; Skips; Static VAr compensators; Streaming media; Video coding; Video transmission

In this paper, we propose a preference-aware cooperative video streaming system for videos encoded using scalable video coding (SVC). In the proposed system, the collaborating users are interested in watching a video together on a shared screen. However, the willingness of each user to cooperate is...