Comparing access methods and quality of 3g mobile video streaming services

Authors:
Marcin Davies;Antitza Dantcheva;Peter Fröhlich
Affiliations:
Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria;Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria;Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria
Venue:
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In this paper we examine the access methods and the quality of experience of current unicast video streaming services in 3G mobile networks. A packet-switched mobile video client, a packet-switched video portal and two variants of circuit-switched streaming (standard vs. short code access) are evaluated in a user study. We found that the particular access method is an influential factor in the overall acceptance of a mobile video service. This makes circuit-switched streaming video with short code access a viable alternative to the currently predominant packet-switched video services.