In this survey, we present state-of-the-art bitrate adaptation algorithms for HTTP adaptive
streaming (HAS). As a key distinction from other streaming approaches, the bitrate …

Supporting end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) in existing network architectures is an
ongoing problem. Although researchers from both academia and industry have proposed …

Changing network conditions pose severe problems to video streaming in the Internet. HTTP
adaptive streaming (HAS) is a technology employed by numerous video services that …

The highly demanding Over-The-Top (OTT) multimedia applications pose increased
challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for assuring a reasonable Quality of …

One of the primary architectural principles behind the Internet is the use of distributed
protocols, which facilitates fault tolerance and distributed management. Unfortunately …

The ever-increasing demand for seamless high-definition video streaming, along with the
widespread adoption of the dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard, has …

HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) is being adopted with increasing frequency and becoming
the de-facto standard for video streaming. However, the client-driven, on-off adaptation …

Optimization models typically seek to maximize overall benefit or minimize total cost. Yet
fairness is an important element of many practical decisions, and it is much less obvious …

HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) is the most recent attempt regarding video quality
adaptation. It enables cheap and easy to implement streaming technology without the need …

The exponential growth of devices connected to the network has resulted in the
development of new IoT applications and on-line services. However, these advances are …