Multimedia Quality of Experience (QoE)

Edited By Chang Wen Chen, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece Tasos Dagiuklas, Hellenic Open University, Greece Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy

• About the Editors ix List of Contributors xiPreface xiii1 Introduction 1Tasos Dagiuklas, Luigi Atzori, Chang Wen Chen and Periklis Chatzimisios2 QoE−Defining a User-Centric Concept for Service Quality 5Mart´ýn Varela, Lea Skorin-Kapov, Katrien De Moor and Peter Reichl2.1 Introduction 52.2 Definitions of QoE 62.3 Differences Between QoE and QoS 72.4 Factors Influencing QoE 92.5 Service QoE 122.6 Human Factors and QoE 152.7 The Role of QoE in Communication Ecosystems 192.8 Conclusions 24Acknowledgments 24References 25Acronyms 283 Review of Existing Objective QoE Methodologies 29Yuming Fang, Weisi Lin and Stefan Winkler3.1 Overview 293.2 Quality Metric Taxonomy 303.3 Basic Computational Modules for Perceptual Quality Metrics 353.4 Quality Metrics for Images 433.5 Quality Metrics for Video 463.6 Quality Metrics for Audio/Speech 503.7 Joint Audiovisual Quality Metrics 523.8 Concluding Remarks 53References 54Acronyms 664 Quality of Experience for HTTP Adaptive Streaming Services 69Ozgur Oyman, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Utsaw Kumar, Mohamed Rehan and Rana Morsi4.1 Introduction 694.2 HAS Concepts and Standardization Overview 714.3 QoE in 3GPP DASH 744.4 Link-Aware Adaptive Streaming 774.5 Video-Aware Radio Resource Allocation 814.6 DASH over e-MBMS 874.7 Server–Client Signaling Interface Enhancements for DASH 904.8 Conclusion 95References 96Acronyms 975 No-Reference Approaches to Image and Video Quality Assessment 99Anish Mittal, Anush K. Moorthy and Alan C. Bovik5.1 Introduction 995.2 No-Reference Quality Assessment 1015.3 Image and Video Quality Databases 1075.4 Performance Evaluation 1095.5 Applications 1115.6 Challenges and Future Directions 1135.7 Conclusion 115References 116Acronyms 1216 QoE Subjective and Objective Evaluation Methodologies 123Hong Ren Wu6.1 Human Visual Perception and QoE Assessment 1256.2 Models and Approaches to QoE Assessment 1306.3 Offline and Online Evaluation 1416.4 Remarks 141Acknowledgments 143References 143Acronyms 1477 QoE Control, Monitoring, and Management Strategies 149Maria G. Martini, Chaminda T.E.R. Hewage, Moustafa M. Nasrall and Ognen Ognenoski7.1 Introduction 1497.2 QoE Monitoring 1507.3 QoE Management and Control 1557.4 Conclusion 162Acknowledgment 163References 163Further Reading 166Acronyms 1678 Conclusions 169Tasos Dagiuklas, Luigi Atzori, Chang Wen Chen and Periklis ChatzimisiosIndex 173