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Video streaming distribution over mobile Internet: a survey

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In recent times, mobile Internet has witnessed the explosive growth of video applications, embracing user-generated content, Internet Protocol television (IPTV), live streaming, video-on-demand, video conferencing, and FaceTime-like video communications. The exponential rise of video traffic and dynamic user behaviors have proved to be a major challenge to video resource sharing and delivery in the mobile environment. In this article, we present a survey of state-of-the-art video distribution solutions over the Internet. We first discuss the challenges of mobile peer-to-peer (MP2P)-based solutions and categorize them into two groups. We discuss the design idea, characteristics, and drawbacks of solutions in each group. We also give a review for solutions of video transmission in wireless heterogeneous networks. Furthermore, we summarize the information-centric networking (ICN)-based video solutions in terms of in-network caching and name-based routing. Finally, we outline the open issues for mobile video systems that require further studies.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 61522103, 61501216, and 61372112), the National Science and Technology Major Project (2015ZX03003002-002), the Inter-Governmental Science and Technology Cooperation Project (2016YFE0104600), the IRTSTHN (18IRTSTHN014), and the Science and Technology Plan Projects (Openness and Cooperation) of Henan Province (152106000048).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

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  2. Academy of Information Technology, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471934, China

    Shijie Jia

  3. Performance Engineering Laboratory, Network Innovations Centre, Rince Institute, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

    Gabriel-Miro Muntean

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Mu Wang received his MS degree in computer technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China in 2015. He is currently working toward the PhD degree with the Institute of Network Technology, BUPT. His research interests include information centric networking, wireless communications, and multimedia sharing over wireless networks.

Changqiao Xu received the PhD degree from Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 2009. He is currently a professor with State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, and the director of the Next Generation Internet Technology Research Center, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He has authored over 100 technical papers in prestigious international journals and conferences. His research interests include wireless networking, multimedia communications, and next generation Internet technology. He served as a Co-Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for a number of international conferences and workshops. He also served as the Co-Chair of the IEEE MMTC Interest Group, Green Multimedia Communications, and a Board Member of the IEEE MMTC Services and Publicity. He is senior member of IEEE. He is an awardee of the NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Program in 2015.

Shijie Jia received his PhD degree in communications and information system from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China in 2014. He is an associate professor at the Academy of Information Technology, Luoyang Normal University, China. His research interests include next generation Internet technology, wireless communications, and peer-to-peer networks.

Gabriel-Miro Muntean received his PhD degree from Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland, for research in the area of quality-oriented adaptive multimedia streaming in 2003. He is a senior lecturer with the School of Electronic Engineering at DCU. His research interests include quality-oriented and performance-related issues of adaptive multimedia delivery, performance of wired and wireless communications, energy-aware networking, and personalized technology-enhanced learning. He has published over 250 papers in prestigious international journals and conferences, has authored three books and 16 book chapters, and has edited six other books. He serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, editor for the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and reviewer for other important international journals, conferences, and funding agencies. He is coordinator of the Horizon 2020 EU project NEWTON. He is a member of IEEE and IEEE Broadcast Technology Society.

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Wang, M., Xu, C., Jia, S. et al. Video streaming distribution over mobile Internet: a survey. Front. Comput. Sci. 12, 1039–1059 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-018-7153-6

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