3rd International ICST workshop on mobile media delivery

Research Article

Evaluation of an information service for enhanced multiaccess media delivery

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2009.7538,
        author={Jukka M\aa{}kel\aa{} and Markus Luoto and Tiia Sutinen and Kostas Pentikousis},
        title={ Evaluation of an information service for enhanced multiaccess media delivery},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST workshop on mobile media delivery},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={EUMOB},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Mobility management multiaccess event service information service},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2009.7538}
    }
    
  • Jukka Mäkelä
    Markus Luoto
    Tiia Sutinen
    Kostas Pentikousis
    Year: 2010
    Evaluation of an information service for enhanced multiaccess media delivery
    EUMOB
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2009.7538
Jukka Mäkelä1,*, Markus Luoto1,*, Tiia Sutinen1,*, Kostas Pentikousis1,*
  • 1: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland PO Box 1100, FI-90571 Oulu, Finland
*Contact email: Jukka.Makela@vtt.fi, Markus.Luoto@vtt.fi, tiia.sutinen@vtt.fi, Kostas.Pentikousis@vtt.fi

Abstract

Multimedia delivery in mobile multiaccess network environments is gaining traction as a key area within the future Internet research domain. When network heterogeneity is coupled with the proliferation of multiaccess capabilities of mobile handheld devices, one can expect new avenues for the development of novel services and applications. In particular, novel mechanisms for audio/video delivery over multiaccess networks may prove to be a major disruptive technology. In this paper we present and evaluate a distributed information service, which can be used to enhance media delivery over multiaccess networks. After describing the information service, which is built upon the mobility triggering framework (TRG) and the distributed control and management framework (DCMF), we introduce our testbed which includes 3G/HSPA, WLAN and WiMAX network accesses. We present results that demonstrate the value of the proposed information service in enhancing video delivery in practice by minimizing service disruption in an involved scenario. Finally, we conclude the paper outlining future work items.