MUSLIN demo: high QoE fair multi-source live streaming

Abstract

Delivering video content with a high and fairly shared quality of experience is a challenging task in view of the drastic video traffic increase forecasts. Currently, content delivery networks provide numerous servers hosting replicas of the video content, and consuming clients are re-directed to the closest server. Then, the video content is streamed using adaptive streaming solutions. However, some servers become overloaded, and clients may experience a poor or unfairly distributed quality of experience. In this demonstration, we showcase Muslin, a streaming solution supporting a high, fairly shared end-users quality of experience for live streaming. Muslin leverages on MS-Stream, a content delivery solution in which a client can simultaneously use several servers. Muslin dynamically provisions servers and replicates content into servers, and advertises servers to clients based on real-time delivery conditions. Our demonstration shows that our approach outperforms traditional content delivery schemes enabling to increase the fairness and quality of experience at the user side without requiring a greater underlying content delivery platform.