Video streaming distribution over mobile Internet: a survey

doi:10.1007/s11704-018-7153-6

Front. Comput. Sci.

2018, Vol. 12

Issue (6) : 1039-1059 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-018-7153-6

REVIEW ARTICLE

Video streaming distribution over mobile Internet: a survey

Mu WANG¹(

), Changqiao XU¹(

), Shijie JIA²(

), Gabriel-Miro MUNTEAN³

¹. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
². Academy of Information Technology, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China
³. Performance Engineering Laboratory, Network Innovations Centre, Rince Institute, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

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Abstract

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 reviewfor 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.

Keywords video streaming content distribution resource management mobile Internet

Corresponding Author(s): Changqiao XU

Just Accepted Date: 29 September 2017 Online First Date: 06 March 2018 Issue Date: 04 December 2018

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Mu WANG,Changqiao XU,Shijie JIA, et al. Video streaming distribution over mobile Internet: a survey[J]. Front. Comput. Sci., 2018, 12(6): 1039-1059.

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