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Authors:
Bernd E. Wolfinger
Nico R. Wilzek
Edgar E. Báez
Keywords: Vehicular networks; IPTV; QoE; service availability; analytical model; model evaluation tool; validation.
Abstract:
Entertainment services such as IP television (IPTV) are becoming increasingly important in vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), which implies a strong need for quality of experience (QoE) studies. Therefore, in this paper we introduce analytical models to predict QoE of IPTV in VANET scenarios. Unlike earlier QoE research for IPTV, which has been mainly related to audio/video quality, our focus is on IPTV service availability. To evaluate our analytical models we offer a tool (ACTIVE) that can be used in a flexible and efficient manner. The paper also describes the architecture and the main components of the tool as well as its graphical user interface. Case studies based on our ACTIVE tool demonstrate how our models can be applied by a provider of IPTV services in order to satisfy QoE requirements regarding the service availability as given by the IPTV users. Moreover, some of the results are also of interest to the individual IPTV users.
Pages: 173 to 188
Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2015. Used with permission.
Publication date: December 30, 2015
Published in: journal
ISSN: 1942-2601