Location-based social video sharing over next generation cellular networks

The popularity of video sharing over social networks is straining service providers to maintain high quality of service. With the introduction of live video streaming over social networks, video sharing is truly becoming social and real time. However, existing video distribution architecture, split across content providers and mobile network operators, cannot leverage crossprovider information. We argue that MNOs can explore the knowledge of users´ location to route video traffic intelligently. This can enable better quality of experience for live social video sharing. We show different scenarios in existing cellular networks, where user experience can suffer due to current video distribution mechanism. We propose that use of the location information of the receiver with respect to the sender can be exploited by next generation cellular networks for improving video streaming quality. Our simulation experiments validate that on all QoE metrics there is opportunity for significant improvement in live video streaming by using relative locations of the receivers and senders.