E. Andre, Nicolas Breton, Augustin Lemesle, L. Roux, A. Gouaillard
{"title":"Comparative Study of WebRTC Open Source SFUs for Video Conferencing","authors":"E. Andre, Nicolas Breton, Augustin Lemesle, L. Roux, A. Gouaillard","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567642","url":null,"abstract":"WebRTC capable media servers are ubiquitous, and among them, Selective Forwarding Units (SFU) seem to generate more and more interest, especially as a mandatory component of WebRTC 1.0 Simulcast. The two most represented use cases implemented using a WebRTC SFU are video conferencing and broadcasting. To date, there has not been any scientific comparative study of WebRTC SFUs. We propose here a new approach based on the KITE testing engine. We apply it to the comparative study of five main open-source WebRTC SFUs, used for video conferencing, under load. The results show that such approach is viable, and provide unexpected and refreshingly new insights on the scalability of those SFUs.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127984681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kawamoto, T. Koyama, Masahiro Kawaragi, T. Kurakake, Kyoichi Saito
{"title":"Remote Production Experiments with Lightweight Compressed 8K UHDTV over IP Device","authors":"J. Kawamoto, T. Koyama, Masahiro Kawaragi, T. Kurakake, Kyoichi Saito","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567643","url":null,"abstract":"Studies on live program production systems using Internet Protocol (IP) communications technology at broadcast stations are progressing. IP technology is suitable for broadcast stations aimed at diversification of broadcasting services such as 4K/8K UHDTV due to its ease of multiplexing and ability to perform bidirectional communication, along with the decrease in cost per bit. Therefore, live program production systems using IP technology are considered an effective means for implementing broadcasting systems more efficiently and flexibly. Remote production is attracting attention as a new style of live program production using IP. In remote production, broadcast stations and venues are connected by IP network, and programs are remotely produced from the broadcast station side. To enable remote production, it is necessary for both the venue and the broadcast station to share, in real-time, high-quality video taken at the venue. It is also required to bidirectionally communicate signals other than video/audio that are necessary for program production, such as control and communication line signals. To realize 8K remote production, we have developed a lightweight compressed 8K over IP transmission device. In this work, we describe its functions and report experimental results on multi-channel audio remote production with 8K video and real-time 8K camera control on a 1000-km IP network.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123773106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Politis, Boris Grozev, P. Domas, Emil Ivov, Thomas Noël
{"title":"Experimental Evaluation of Dynamic Switching between One-on-One and Group Video Calling","authors":"G. Politis, Boris Grozev, P. Domas, Emil Ivov, Thomas Noël","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567640","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates an extension of a production WebRTC-based video conferencing system that enables seamless dynamic switching between one-on-one and group mode as participants join or leave a conference. The two modes have different transport types; In the one-on-one case the call is relayed only if the two endpoints cannot establish a direct connection, whereas in the group case the call is always routed through a Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU). We examine the different sets of features that should be used in each mode and we perform a measurement study to explore the impact of the extension on the infrastructure costs and on several connection properties such as media latency, call establishment time, packet loss and throughput.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125008554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yousif Humeida, F. Muller, Nicole A. Bull, Ian Kegel, M. Lutzky, Stefan Döhla, M. Dietz
{"title":"A method for comparing the performance of EVS and other voice codecs under bursty packet loss","authors":"Yousif Humeida, F. Muller, Nicole A. Bull, Ian Kegel, M. Lutzky, Stefan Döhla, M. Dietz","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567644","url":null,"abstract":"The use of IP technology for delivering voice services is growing rapidly across all type of networks (fixed and wireless). One of the impairment factors that IP networks exhibit which affects the quality of voice services is packet loss. Different types of networks will have different packet loss characteristics, with most being susceptible to bursty loss, which can be significantly detrimental to voice quality. As part of the evolution of codec technologies, Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) has been introduced by 3GPP in order to provide higher speech and audio qualities at lower bitrates and higher resilience to packet loss compared with previous communication codecs. In this paper, a method has been developed for characterising and comparing the performance of codecs under different bursty packet loss characteristics. It has been used to compare the performance of EVS with AMR-WB and G.722. EVS has been tested with and without its partial redundancy mode, known as Channel-Aware (CA) mode. All codecs have been tested using a range of different packet loss profiles (PLPs) with loss rate values reaching 20% and mean burst length values going up to 10 packets. It was found that EVS with and without CA performs better than AMR-WB and G.722 for almost all the tested PLPs.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121643298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Amirante, T. Castaldi, L. Miniero, S. Romano, A. Toppi
{"title":"Measuring Janus temperature in ICE-land","authors":"A. Amirante, T. Castaldi, L. Miniero, S. Romano, A. Toppi","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567641","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses some of the challenges we faced when assessing the scalability of the Janus open source WebRTC media server. In particular, after introducing some of the scalability strategies we identified for different media scenarios, we analyze the efforts we devoted to identifying some key issues with respect to the performance of individual Janus instances, with special focus on interactive connectivity establishment. The final aim of the work is to better understand how the mentioned issues can have an impact on how to properly dimension and provision large scale deployments involving multiple media servers. Some experimental results are provided to support our findings, which lead to final remarks on the next steps.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133777255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aman Singh, Shashank Murali, Lalka Rieger, Ruoyu Li, S. Hommes, R. State, Gaston Ormazabal, H. Schulzrinne
{"title":"HANZO: Collaborative Network Defense for Connected Things","authors":"Aman Singh, Shashank Murali, Lalka Rieger, Ruoyu Li, S. Hommes, R. State, Gaston Ormazabal, H. Schulzrinne","doi":"10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPTCOMM.2018.8567639","url":null,"abstract":"The IoT devices are typically shipped with default insecure configurations and vulnerable software stacks rendering host networks exposed to attacks, especially small networks with no administration. We present a network system model for device configuration and operations management. Using this model, we design and implement an autonomous network management platform with device classification and traffic characterization functions integrated in a network gateway. We evaluate the system using a connected home testbed that combines IoT and general-purpose devices.","PeriodicalId":156441,"journal":{"name":"2018 Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129866166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}