Sevket Arisu
Ali C. Begen
ABSTRACT
Originally proposed by Google, QUIC is a low-latency transport protocol currently being developed and specified in the IETF. QUIC's low-latency, improved congestion control, multiplexing features are promising and may help improve viewer experience in HTTP adaptive streaming applications. To investigate what issues due to running HTTP over TCP can be alleviated by using HTTP over QUIC, we measured QUIC's streaming performance on wireless and cellular networks. Specifically, we examined QUIC's performance during network interface changes due to viewer's mobility and under unstable network conditions. Results show that QUIC starts media streams more quickly, providing a better streaming and seeking experience, in particular, when there is more congestion in the network, and outperforms TCP when the viewer is mobile and switches between the networks.
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Index Terms
- Quickly Starting Media Streams Using QUIC
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