Multimedia quality of experience (QoE): current status and future requirements

About the Editors ix    List of Contributors xi     Preface xiii     1 Introduction 1 Tasos Dagiuklas, Luigi Atzori, Chang Wen Chen and Periklis Chatzimisios     2 QoE   Defining a User-Centric Concept for Service Quality 5 Mart\'yn Varela, Lea Skorin-Kapov, Katrien De Moor and Peter Reichl     2.1 Introduction 5     2.2 Definitions of QoE 6     2.3 Differences Between QoE and QoS 7     2.4 Factors Influencing QoE 9     2.5 Service QoE 12     2.6 Human Factors and QoE 15     2.7 The Role of QoE in Communication Ecosystems 19     2.8 Conclusions 24     Acknowledgments 24     References 25     Acronyms 28     3 Review of Existing Objective QoE Methodologies 29 Yuming Fang, Weisi Lin and Stefan Winkler     3.1 Overview 29     3.2 Quality Metric Taxonomy 30     3.3 Basic Computational Modules for Perceptual Quality Metrics 35     3.4 Quality Metrics for Images 43     3.5 Quality Metrics for Video 46     3.6 Quality Metrics for Audio/Speech 50     3.7 Joint Audiovisual Quality Metrics 52     3.8 Concluding Remarks 53     References 54     Acronyms 66     4 Quality of Experience for HTTP Adaptive Streaming Services 69 Ozgur Oyman, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Utsaw Kumar, Mohamed Rehan and Rana Morsi     4.1 Introduction 69     4.2 HAS Concepts and Standardization Overview 71     4.3 QoE in 3GPP DASH 74     4.4 Link-Aware Adaptive Streaming 77     4.5 Video-Aware Radio Resource Allocation 81     4.6 DASH over e-MBMS 87     4.7 Server   Client Signaling Interface Enhancements for DASH 90     4.8 Conclusion 95     References 96     Acronyms 97     5 No-Reference Approaches to Image and Video Quality Assessment 99 Anish Mittal, Anush K. Moorthy and Alan C. Bovik     5.1 Introduction 99     5.2 No-Reference Quality Assessment 101     5.3 Image and Video Quality Databases 107     5.4 Performance Evaluation 109     5.5 Applications 111     5.6 Challenges and Future Directions 113     5.7 Conclusion 115     References 116     Acronyms 121     6 QoE Subjective and Objective Evaluation Methodologies 123 Hong Ren Wu     6.1 Human Visual Perception and QoE Assessment 125     6.2 Models and Approaches to QoE Assessment 130     6.3 Offline and Online Evaluation 141     6.4 Remarks 141     Acknowledgments 143     References 143     Acronyms 147     7 QoE Control, Monitoring, and Management Strategies 149 Maria G. Martini, Chaminda T.E.R. Hewage, Moustafa M. Nasrall and Ognen Ognenoski     7.1 Introduction 149     7.2 QoE Monitoring 150     7.3 QoE Management and Control 155     7.4 Conclusion 162     Acknowledgment 163     References 163     Further Reading 166     Acronyms 167     8 Conclusions 169 Tasos Dagiuklas, Luigi Atzori, Chang Wen Chen and Periklis Chatzimisios     Index 173