• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.115-121
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• 2013

Recently an extension to DMB AF (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Application Format) standard has been proposed in such a way that the extended DMB AF can include stereoscopic video and stereoscopic images for interactive service data, i.e., MPEG-4 BIFS (Binary Format for Scene) data, in addition to the existing 2D video and 2D images for BIFS services. In this paper we developed a service that provides the streaming of 3D contents in DMB AF by using MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) standard and validated it by implementing the client software.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.203-206
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• 2012

본 논문은 HTTP protocol을 이용한 미디어 Streaming 서비스 표준인 MPEG-DASH(Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)를 기반으로 한 N-Screen 서비스 동기화 방안을 제시한다. N-Screen 서비스란 다수의 미디어 Device를 이용하여 하나의 콘텐츠들을 공유 및 전송하는 서비스를 뜻한다. 이는 MPEG-DASH 표준 기술을 활용함으로써 보다 효율적인 서비스 이용이 가능하다. DASH는 다수의 품질의 같은 영상들을 시간별로 분할하여 Server에서 보유하여 한 Device에게 네트워크 환경에 맞춰 가장 적합한 Segment들을 전달 및 전환함으로써 끊기지않는 Streaming 서비스가 가능하다. 하지만 현재 MPEG-DASH 표준기술에서는 N-Screen 서비스에 대한 활용방안 시나리오가 재정되어 있지 않아 다수의 Device에서 Segment를 끊김없는 Media Streaming 서비스를 지원하기 위한 방안이 필요하다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 한 Device가 다른 Device에게 N-screen을 위한 동기화 정보를 전송함으로써 특정 콘텐츠가 끊기지 않고 연이어 볼 수 있는 동기화를 이룰 수 있는 방안을 대한 서비스 시나리오를 제시한다.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.82-87
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• 2015

There are many current researches that are looking to improve the quality of HTTP adaptive streaming services. However, the existing schemes have a serious problem of QoE (Quality of Experience) degradation because few consider VBR video transmission. To cope with this problem, in this paper, we proposed a novel media quality adaptation scheme called CB-DASH (Content and Buffer-aware DASH). The proposed scheme controlled the video quality considering the VBR characteristics of video and the client's buffer state. Through the simulation, we proved that our scheme accomplished a more accurate estimated bandwidth than the conventional DASH and improved the QoE of streaming service.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.4585-4603
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• 2015

Video streaming services make up a large proportion of Internet traffic on both fixed and mobile access throughout the world. Adaptive streaming allows for dynamical adaptation of the bitrate with varying network conditions, to guarantee the best user experience. Adaptive bitrate algorithms face a significant challenge in correctly estimating the throughput as it varies widely over time. In this paper, we first evaluate the throughput estimation techniques and show that the method that we have used offers stable response to throughput fluctuations while maintaining a stable playback buffer. Then, we propose an adaptive bitrate scheme that intelligently selects the video bitrates based on the estimated throughput and buffer occupancy. We show that the proposed scheme improves viewing experience by achieving a high video rate without taking unnecessary risks and by minimizing the frequency of changes in the video quality. Furthermore, we show that it offers a stable response to short-term fluctuations and responds swiftly to large fluctuations. We evaluate our algorithm for both constant bitrate (CBR) and variable bitrate (VBR) video content by taking into account the segment sizes and show that it significantly improves the quality of video streaming.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.2430-2447
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• 2013

In recent years, HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) has attracted considerable attention as the state-of-the-art technology for video transport. HAS dynamically adjusts the quality of video streaming according to the network bandwidth and device capability of users. Content-Centric Networking (CCN) has also emerged as a future Internet architecture, which is a novel communication paradigm that integrates content delivery as a native network primitive. These trends have led to the new research issue of harmonizing HAS with the in-network caching provided by CCN routers. Previous research has shown that the performance of HAS can be improved by using the H.264/SVC(scalable video codec) in the in-network caching environments. However, the previous study did not address the misbehavior that causes video freeze when overestimating the available network bandwidth, which is attributable to the high cache hit rate. Thus, we propose a new SVC-based adaptation algorithm that utilizes a drop timer. Our approach aims to stop the downloading of additional enhancement layers that are not cached in the local CCN routers in a timely manner, thereby preventing excessive consumption of the video buffer. We implemented our algorithm in the SVC-HAS client and deployed a testbed that could run Smooth-Streaming, which is one of the most popular HAS solutions, over CCNx, which is the reference implementation of CCN. Our experimental results showed that the proposed scheme (SLA) could avoid video freeze in an effective manner, but without reducing the high hit rate on the CCN routers or affecting the high video quality on the SVC-HAS client.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-53
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• 2012

In general, it is essential that contents are to be provided with proper bitrate according to network conditions in order to support higher quality of video streaming services over wired and wireless networks. Recently, DASH is adopted by the MPEG as the standard for HTTP based adaptive streaming technology and consists of the server and clients. The clients should parse XML files from the server and play contents after accessing the finely divided segments into various bitrates. In this paper, we designed a Smart AP(Access Point) which exists between DASH contents server and Non-DASH clients enables provide DASH services to Non-DASH clients. In addition, proposed Smart AP provides DASH service to various types of clients as maintaining the existing environment without additional development costs.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.600-607
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• 2017

Virtual Reality (VR) has lately gained significant attention primarily driven by the recent market availability of consumer devices, such as mobile phone-based Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). Apart from classic gaming use cases, the delivery of $360^{\circ}$ video is considered as another major application and is expected to be ubiquitous in the near future. However, the delivery and decoding of high-resolution $360^{\circ}$ videos in desirable quality is a challenging task due to network limitations and constraints on available end device decoding and processing. In this paper, we focus on aspects of $360^{\circ}$ video streaming and provide an overview and discussion of possible solutions as well as considerations for future VR video streaming applications. This paper mainly focuses on the status of the standardization activities, Omnidirectional MediA Format (OMAF), to support interoperable $360^{\circ}$ video streaming services. More concretely, MPEG's ongoing work for OMA aims at harmonization of VR video platforms and applications. The paper also discusses the integration in MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH), which is considered as $360^{\circ}$ video streaming services with OMAF content. In context of the general OMAF service architecture.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.340-342
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• 2018

최근 네트워크 기술과 스마트 단말의 보급으로 인해 비디오 스트리밍 서비스에 대한 수요가 증가하게 되었다. 네트워크를 효율적으로 사용하여 비디오 스트리밍 서비스를 제공하기 위해 적응적으로 전송률을 조절하는 HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) 적응적 스트리밍 서비스가 주목 받게 되었다. UHD (Ultra High Definition) 콘텐츠는 HD (High Definition) 콘텐츠에 비해 적어도 4 배 이상의 크기를 갖기 때문에 끊김 없는 UHD 콘텐츠 스트리밍 서비스를 제공하기 위해서는 많은 가용 대역폭이 필요하다. 기존의 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍 방식은 정상 상태 (Steady State)에서 가용 대역폭보다 낮은 품질의 비디오 세그먼트를 일정 시간마다 주기적으로 요청하여 다운로드 받는다. 정상 상태에서는 가용 대역폭과 콘텐츠의 인코딩 율에 차이에 따라 On-Off 구간의 패턴이 반복되어 발생하고, 빈번한 Off 구간에 의해서 대역폭이 낭비되는 문제점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 HTTP 적응적 스트리밍에서 UHD 콘텐츠의 효율적인 대역폭 활용을 위한 세그먼트 전송 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 Off 구간의 빈도수를 줄이기 위한 집단 세그먼트 전송 방식과 대역폭 낭비를 최소화 하기 위한 세그먼트 품질 조절기법으로 구성되어 있다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.1249-1265
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• 2022

Video streaming has become one of the most popular applications for mobile devices. The network bandwidth required for video streaming continues to exponentially increase as video quality increases and the user base grows. Multi-Path TCP (MPTCP), which allows devices to communicate simultaneously through multiple network interfaces, is one of the solutions for providing robust and reliable streaming of such high-definition video. However, mobile video streaming over MPTCP raises new concerns, e.g., power consumption and cellular data usage, since mobile device resources are constrained, and users prefer to minimize such costs. In this work, we propose a mobile video streaming framework over MPTCP (mDASH) to reduce the costs of energy and cellular data usage while preserving feasible streaming quality. Our evaluation results show that by utilizing knowledge about video behavior, mDASH can reduce energy consumption by up to around 20%, and cellular usage by 15% points, with minimal quality degradation.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.722-737
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose an estimation of network jitter that occurs when transmitting TCP packets containing MPEG-2 TS in progressive streaming service over wired or wireless Internet networks. Based on the estimated network jitter size, we can calculate required de-jitter buffering time to absorb the network jitter at the receiver side. For this purpose, by exploiting the PCR timestamp existing in the TS packet header, we create a new timestamp information that is marked in the optional field of TCP packet header to estimate the network jitter. By using the proposed de-jitter buffering scheme, it is possible to employ the conventional T-STD buffer model without any modification in the progressive streaming service over IP networks. The proposed method can be applicable to the recently developed international standard, MPEG DASH (dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) technology.