NetFPGA--An Open Platform for Gigabit-Rate Network Switching and Routing
MSE '07 Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education
Youtube traffic characterization: a view from the edge
Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Feedback control for adaptive live video streaming
MMSys '11 Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Multimedia systems
An experimental evaluation of rate-adaptation algorithms in adaptive streaming over HTTP
MMSys '11 Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Multimedia systems
Understanding the impact of video quality on user engagement
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2011 conference
Network characteristics of video streaming traffic
Proceedings of the Seventh COnference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies
QDASH: a QoE-aware DASH system
Proceedings of the 3rd Multimedia Systems Conference
Adaptive scalable video streaming in wireless networks
Proceedings of the 3rd Multimedia Systems Conference
A case for a coordinated internet video control plane
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2012 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication
Trickle: rate limiting YouTube video streaming
USENIX ATC'12 Proceedings of the 2012 USENIX conference on Annual Technical Conference
Improving fairness, efficiency, and stability in HTTP-based adaptive video streaming with FESTIVE
Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Emerging networking experiments and technologies
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Server-based traffic shaping for stabilizing oscillating adaptive streaming players
Proceeding of the 23rd ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video
Are we in the middle of a video streaming revolution?
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP) - Special Sections on the 20th Anniversary of ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Best Papers of ACM Multimedia 2012
Downton abbey without the hiccups: buffer-based rate adaptation for HTTP video streaming
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future human-centric multimedia networking
Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future human-centric multimedia networking
An information-aware QoE-centric mobile video cache
Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Mobile computing & networking
Shedding light on the structure of internet video quality problems in the wild
Proceedings of the ninth ACM conference on Emerging networking experiments and technologies
Performance Evaluation of Congestion Window Validation for DASH Transport
Proceedings of Network and Operating System Support on Digital Audio and Video Workshop
Characterizing Client Behavior of Commercial Mobile Video Streaming Services
Proceedings of Workshop on Mobile Video Delivery
Improving Fairness, Efficiency, and Stability in HTTP-Based Adaptive Video Streaming With Festive
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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Today's commercial video streaming services use dynamic rate selection to provide a high-quality user experience. Most services host content on standard HTTP servers in CDNs, so rate selection must occur at the client. We measure three popular video streaming services -- Hulu, Netflix, and Vudu -- and find that accurate client-side bandwidth estimation above the HTTP layer is hard. As a result, rate selection based on inaccurate estimates can trigger a feedback loop, leading to undesirably variable and low-quality video. We call this phenomenon the "downward spiral effect", and we measure it on all three services, present insights into its root causes, and validate initial solutions to prevent it.