Saving energy in mobile devices for on-demand multimedia streaming -- a cross-layer approach

Mohammad Asharful Hoque, Matti Siekkinen, Jukka K. Nurminen, Sasu Tarkoma, Mika Aalto

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Abstract

This article proposes a novel energy-efficient multimedia delivery system called EStreamer. First, we study the relationship between buffer size at the client, burst-shaped TCP-based multimedia traffic, and energy consumption of wireless network interfaces in smartphones. Based on the study, we design and implement EStreamer for constant bit rate and rate-adaptive streaming. EStreamer can improve battery lifetime by 3x, 1.5x, and 2x while streaming over Wi-Fi, 3G, and 4G, respectively.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-23
Number of pages23
JournalACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Constant bit rate
  • DASH
  • cross-layer
  • energy efficiency
  • multimedia streaming
  • radio signaling
  • rate-adaptive streaming
  • video streaming
  • wireless network

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