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Joint assessment of Network- and Perceived-QoS in video delivery networks

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Given the increasing number of IP streaming video customers, service providers are seeking an efficient way to monitor in real time the offered quality of service, as perceived by each end user. Since real-time video quality assessment via image processing algorithms is quite bandwidth- and processing-power-demanding, a feasible alternative could be to monitor the Network-level Quality of Service (NQoS) and associate it with the Perceived QoS (PQoS). This article presents a network-agnostic framework for the joint assessment of N- and P-QoS, with the aim of correlating these two parameters for a specific network and service configuration. This framework/architecture is implemented with open source software tools and is being demonstrated in an actual WiMAX streaming video distribution platform.

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  1. NCSR “Demokritos”, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Patr. Gregoriou & Neapoleos str., Ag. Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Gardikis, George Xilouris & Anastasios Kourtis

  2. Applied Informatics and Multimedia Department, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Evangelos Pallis

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Gardikis, G., Xilouris, G., Pallis, E. et al. Joint assessment of Network- and Perceived-QoS in video delivery networks. Telecommun Syst 49, 75–84 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-010-9354-7

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