Cache as a service: Leveraging sdn to efficiently and transparently support video-on-demand on the last mile
Conference Proceeding
Georgopoulos, P., Broadbent, M., Plattner, B., & Race, N. (2014)
Cache as a service: Leveraging sdn to efficiently and transparently support video-on-demand on the last mile. In 2014 23rd International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCN.2014.6911775
High quality online video streaming, both live and on-demand, has become an essential part of consumers' every-day lives. The popularity of video streaming has placed a heavy ...
Large-scale SDN experiments in federated environments
Conference Proceeding
Carrozzo, G., Monno, R., Belter, B., Krzywania, R., Pentikousis, K., Broadbent, M., …et al. (2014)
Large-scale SDN experiments in federated environments. In 2014 International Conference on Smart Communications in Network Technologies (SaCoNeT). https://doi.org/10.1109/SaCoNeT.2014.6867764
International cooperation on Software-Defined Networking (SDN), crossing the boundaries of Europe, the Americas and Asia, builds a strong foundation for pursuing experimental ...
Opencache: Leveraging sdn to demonstrate a customisable and configurable cache
Conference Proceeding
Broadbent, M., Georgopoulos, P., Kotronis, V., Plattner, B., & Race, N. (2014)
Opencache: Leveraging sdn to demonstrate a customisable and configurable cache. In 2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) (151-152). https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2014.6849200
Efficient content delivery is a constantly evolving challenge on the modern Internet. Reducing the impact of duplicate deliveries of identical content is a key factor in reduc...
Performance evaluation of congestion window validation for DASH transport
Conference Proceeding
Nazir, S., Hossain, Z., Secchi, R., Broadbent, M., Petlund, A., & Fairhurst, G. (2014)
Performance evaluation of congestion window validation for DASH transport. In NOSSDAV '14: Proceedings of Network and Operating System Support on Digital Audio and Video Workshop (67-72). https://doi.org/10.1145/2597176.2578275
A recent proposed update to TCP congestion control, TCP-newCWV, has targeted congestion control for rate-limited applications. These methods need to be explored in the context...
Storisphere: From TV watching to community story telling
Journal Article
Mu, M., Simpson, S., Bojko, C., Broadbent, M., Brown, J., Mauthe, A., …Hutchison, D. (2013)
Storisphere: From TV watching to community story telling. IEEE Communications Magazine, 51(8), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2013.6576348
Conventional television services have been increasingly challenged by the more interactive and user-centric video sharing applications. With the growing popularity of social n...
Homevisor: Adapting home network environments
Conference Proceeding
Fratczak, T., Broadbent, M., Georgopoulos, P., & Race, N. (2013)
Homevisor: Adapting home network environments. In 2013 Second European workshop on software defined networks (32-37). https://doi.org/10.1109/EWSDN.2013.12
This paper considers SDN, and OpenFlow in particular, as technology to develop the next generation of more flexible, configurable and automated home networks. We identify the ...
Homeflow: inferring device usage with network traces
Conference Proceeding
Bates, O., & Broadbent, M. (2013)
Homeflow: inferring device usage with network traces. In UbiComp '13 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication (815-820). https://doi.org/10.1145/2494091.2499624
Previous studies in home energy have taken a service oriented approach to disaggregating direct energy consumption. With a particular focus on media and ICT services in the ho...
Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming
Conference Proceeding
Georgopoulos, P., Elkhatib, Y., & Broadbent, M. (2013)
Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming. In FhMN '13: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future human-centric multimedia networking. https://doi.org/10.1145/2491172.2491181
Video streaming is an increasingly popular way to consume media content. Adaptive video streaming is an emerging delivery technology which aims to increase user QoE and maximi...
Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming
Conference Proceeding
Georgopoulos, P., Elkhatib, Y., Broadbent, M., Mu, M., & Race, N. (2013)
Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming. In FhMN '13: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future human-centric multimedia networking (15-20). https://doi.org/10.1145/2491172.2491181
Video streaming is an increasingly popular way to consume media content. Adaptive video streaming is an emerging delivery technology which aims to increase user QoE and maximi...
OpenCache: exploring efficient and transparent content delivery mechanisms for video-on-demand
Conference Proceeding
Broadbent, M., & Race, N. (2012)
OpenCache: exploring efficient and transparent content delivery mechanisms for video-on-demand. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACM conference on CoNEXT student workshop (15-16). https://doi.org/10.1145/2413247.2413258
Watching 'on-demand' video content is a popular activity facilitated by the Internet. Existing distribution methods typically rely on unicast flows to deliver this media. This...