%0 Conference Paper %1 info3-inproceedings-2017-27 %A Surminski, Sebastian %A Moldovan, Christian %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %B MMBnet 2017 Proceedings of the 9th GI/ITG Workshop %C Hamburg, Germany %D 2017 %K %T Saving Bandwidth by Limiting the Buffer Size in HTTP Adaptive Streaming %X Video streaming is one of the most bandwidth-intensive applications on the Internet. In HTTP adaptive video streaming the video quality is selected according to the available bandwidth. To compensate bandwidth fluctuations, players use a buffer in order to ensure a smooth video output. On one hand, if the buffer runs empty, the video playback stops, which users experience as negative. On the other hand, if the user aborts video playback, the video in the buffer was unnecessarily transmitted, hence this bandwidth was wasted. In this paper, we present a study in which we investigate the behavior of two video players and different buffer configurations in real-world bandwidth scenarios. Thereby, we focus on the dimensioning of the buffer size and the tradeoff between wasted bandwidth and the playback quality

@inproceedings{info3-inproceedings-2017-27, abstract = {Video streaming is one of the most bandwidth-intensive applications on the Internet. In HTTP adaptive video streaming the video quality is selected according to the available bandwidth. To compensate bandwidth fluctuations, players use a buffer in order to ensure a smooth video output. On one hand, if the buffer runs empty, the video playback stops, which users experience as negative. On the other hand, if the user aborts video playback, the video in the buffer was unnecessarily transmitted, hence this bandwidth was wasted. In this paper, we present a study in which we investigate the behavior of two video players and different buffer configurations in real-world bandwidth scenarios. Thereby, we focus on the dimensioning of the buffer size and the tradeoff between wasted bandwidth and the playback quality}, added-at = {2023-12-14T15:39:39.000+0100}, address = {Hamburg, Germany}, author = {Surminski, Sebastian and Moldovan, Christian and Hoßfeld, Tobias}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b1c01315c4d5d35cfb70e4c3d691732e/admin}, booktitle = {MMBnet 2017 Proceedings of the 9th GI/ITG Workshop}, interhash = {edf6a1dc8acd56ef351d373b9e620d36}, intrahash = {b1c01315c4d5d35cfb70e4c3d691732e}, keywords = {}, month = {9}, timestamp = {2023-12-14T15:39:39.000+0100}, title = {Saving Bandwidth by Limiting the Buffer Size in HTTP Adaptive Streaming}, year = 2017 }