Title :
COMEDY: Viewer trade off between multimedia quality and monetary benefits
Author :
Molnar, Adrienn ; Muntean, Cristina Hava
Author_Institution :
Nat. Coll. of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
Although the amount of multimedia content delivered over mobile networks is increasing exponentially, the cost of accessing multimedia content represents a problem for many users. Furthermore, internet service providers are capping mobile data plans and this can lead to increased prices for mobile multimedia content users. This paper briefly presents the Cost Oriented adaptive MultimEdia DeliverY (COMEDY)- a mechanism that aims to reduce the cost of multimedia delivery over wireless networks by decreasing the bitrate and resolution of the multimedia clips. COMEDY takes into account the user´s attitude towards risk when the adaptation is performed. The viewer trade-off between multimedia quality and the delivery cost is analysed. The results have shown that the price to be paid for accessing the adapted multimedia clip is considerably reduced for the case when the COMEDY mechanism was used.
Keywords :
Internet; mobile radio; multimedia communication; COMEDY; Internet service; adaptive multimedia delivery; mobile data; mobile multimedia content users; mobile networks; monetary benefits; multimedia clips; multimedia quality; viewer trade off; wireless networks; Animation; Bit rate; Interviews; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Multimedia communication; Streaming media; cost of multimedia content delivery; mobile data; multimedia adaptation;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1109/BMSB.2013.6621787