Network Characteristics of Video Streaming Traffic

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1111.0948
• Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Authors: Ashwin Rao; Yeon-sup Lim; Chadi Barakat; Arnaud Legout; Don Towsley; Walid Dabbous
• Keywords: Streaming current; Video Streaming

Video streaming represents a large fraction of Internet traffic. Surprisingly, little is known about the network characteristics this In paper, we study two most popular video services, Netflix and YouTube. We show that strategies vary with type application (Web browser or native mobile application), container (Silverlight, Flash, HTML5) used for streaming. particular, identify three different produce traffic patterns from non-ack clocked ON-OFF cycles to bulk TCP transfer. then present an analytical model potential impact these on aggregate make recommendations accordingly.