10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness

Research Article

Video Quality of Experience in the Presence of Accessibility and Retainability Failures

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256294,
        author={Weiwei Li and Hamood-Ur Rehman and Diba Kaya and Mark Chignell and Alberto Leon-Garcia and Leon Zucherman and Jie Jiang},
        title={Video Quality of Experience in the Presence of Accessibility and Retainability Failures},
        proceedings={10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={QSHINE},
        year={2014},
        month={9},
        keywords={video quality assessment quality of experience (qoe) comparison of rating scales subjective evaluation accessibility integrity retainability},
        doi={10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256294}
    }
    
  • Weiwei Li
    Hamood-Ur Rehman
    Diba Kaya
    Mark Chignell
    Alberto Leon-Garcia
    Leon Zucherman
    Jie Jiang
    Year: 2014
    Video Quality of Experience in the Presence of Accessibility and Retainability Failures
    QSHINE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256294
Weiwei Li1, Hamood-Ur Rehman1, Diba Kaya1, Mark Chignell1, Alberto Leon-Garcia1,*, Leon Zucherman2, Jie Jiang2
  • 1: University of Toronto
  • 2: Telus Communications
*Contact email: alberto.leongarcia@utoronto.ca

Abstract

Accurate Quality of Experience measurement for streaming video has become more crucial with the increase in demand for online video viewing. Quantifying video Quality of Experience is a challenging task. Significant efforts to quantify video Quality of Experience have primarily focused on the measurement of Quality of Experience for videos with network and compression related impairments. These impairments, however, may not always be the only main factors affecting Quality of Experience in an entire video viewing session. In this paper, we evaluate Quality of Experience for entire video viewing sessions, from the beginning to the end. In doing so, we evaluate videos with temporary interruptions as well as those with permanent interruptions or failures. We consider two types of failures, namely Accessibility and Retainability failures, and present the results of two subjective studies. These results indicate: (a) Accessibility and Retainability failures are rated lower compared to temporary interruption impairments; (b) Accessibility failures are rated close to the lowest value on the rating scale; and (c) the traditionally used 5-point scale to measure video Quality of Experience is not sufficient