On the performance boost for peer to peer WebRTC-based video streaming with network coding

Patrik János Braun, Marton A. Sipos, Péter Ekler, Frank Hanns Paul Fitzek

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Abstract

Video on Demand (VoD) streaming makes up an increasing portion of global IP traffic. Traditionally, data is served by content providers directly, putting a huge network load on the servers. We propose using our WebRTC-based protocols WebPeer and CodedWebPeer to create a P2P-assisted VoD streaming system with network coding. We introduce two metrics: network health to measure overall data saturation and network stability to show if the peers in the network are able to serve each other without the help of the server. We have implemented a testbed to emulate real-life network scenarios that includes a probabilistic model of peer behavior. We show through measurements that by applying network coding, network health is increased by up to 100% without changing the cache size or number of peers. Furthermore, network stability is achieved using up to half the cache compared to the uncoded approach, without increasing the servers load. Finally, to validate the scalability of our solution, we tested our protocols in a network with more than 100 tablets to deliver smooth video playback.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Communications 2017
PublisherIEEE
Publication date31 Jul 2017
ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-8999-0
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4673-9000-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE International Conference on Communications 2017 - Paris, France
Duration: 21 May 201725 May 2017
http://icc2017.ieee-icc.org/

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Communications 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period21/05/201725/05/2017
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