Cloud‐Based Gaming Service Platform Supporting Multiple Devices

• Published in: ETRI journal Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 960 - 968
• Main Authors: Kim, Kyoung Ill, Bae, Su Young, Lee, Dong Chun, Cho, Chang Sik, Lee, Hun Joo, Lee, Kyu Chul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 01.12.2013; 한국전자통신연구원
• Subjects: Game service platform, game on demand, audio/video encoding, real‐time streaming, cloud‐based game; 전자/정보통신공학; real-time streaming; cloud-based game; Game service platform; audio/video encoding; game on demand
• ISSN: 1225-6463; 2233-7326
• DOI: 10.4218/etrij.13.2013.0076

To implement a cloud game service platform supporting multiple users and devices based on real‐time streaming, there are many technical needs, including game screen and sound capturing, audio/video encoding in real time created by a high‐performance server‐generated game screen, and real‐time streaming to client devices, such as low‐cost PCs, smart devices, and set‐top boxes. We therefore present a game service platform for the running and management of the game screen, as well as running the sound on the server, in which the captured and encoded game screen and sound separately provide client devices through real‐time streaming. The proposed platform offers Web‐based services that allow game play on smaller end devices without requiring the games to be installed locally.