Fast DASH bootstrap

Nassima Bouzakaria, Cyril Concolato, Jean Le Feuvre

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Adaptive HTTP Streaming has become a widespread technology for delivering video to the end users. However, this technology usually suffers from various latencies, requiring an initial delay before playback. This is problematic for low delay or interactive applications, such as gaming or live event webcasting. A long initial waiting time is perceived by most users as bad quality, or even non-working content. In this paper, we review the causes of initial delays in MPEG-DASH and common strategies used to reduce this latency. We propose a new method based on HTTP/1.1 and compatible with existing infrastructures for the initial setup of an MPEG-DASH session. We compare our proposal to several existing approaches based on HTTP/1.x and on the HTTP/2 server push technique. Our experimental results show that 2 RTTs can be avoided and that the total downloaded size is reduced by 25% when using HTTP/1.1 and by 20% in HTTP/2 with similar latency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE 17th International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781467374781
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event17th IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2015 - Xiamen, China
Duration: 19 Oct 201521 Oct 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE 17th International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2015

Conference

Conference17th IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXiamen
Period19/10/1521/10/15

Keywords

  • Delays
  • Internet
  • Media
  • Pipeline processing
  • Proposals
  • Servers
  • Streaming media

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Fast DASH bootstrap'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this