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Research on YouTube
characterization
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1. Overview

YouTube server:
Traffic patterns

YouTube Players:
- Signaling
- buffer management
- Desktop, smartphones

YouTube content:
- Bitrate
- Duration
- Desktop, smartphones
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1. Overview

[2] Ramos-Munoz, J.J.; Prados-Garzon, J.; Ameigeiras, P.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Lopez-Soler, J.M., "Characteristics of mobile youtube traffic," Wireless
Communications, IEEE , vol.21, no.1, pp.18,25, February 2014

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2.1. Progressive downloading patterns

[1] Pablo Ameigeiras, Juan J. Ramos-Munoz, Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Juan M. Lopez-Soler, Analysis and Modeling of
YouTube Traffic, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, 2012, June 2012

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2.1. Progressive downloading patterns

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2.1. Downloading stream

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2.2. Streaming algorithm

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2.3. Simulation-based performance evaluation of YouTube

Streaming in LTE
[3] Prados-Garzon, J.; Ameigeiras, P.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Lopez-Soler, J.M., "Simulation-based performance study of YouTube service in 3G LTE," World of
Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2013 IEEE 14th International Symposium and Workshops on a , vol., no., pp.1,3, 4-7 June 2013

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3. Video coding and duration characterization

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3. Video coding and duration characterization

Desktop/Wired

Smartphone/3G

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5. YouTube Player analysis

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5.1. Signaling

Android High-end device

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5.2. Buffering management

Ramos-Munoz, J.J.; Prados-Garzon, J.; Ameigeiras, P.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Lopez-Soler, J.M., "Characteristics of mobile youtube traffic," Wireless
Communications, IEEE , vol.21, no.1, pp.18,25, February 2014

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5.3. Prediction of the duration and frequency of rebufferings

[5] Ameigeiras, P.; Azcona-Rivas, A.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Ramos-Munoz, J.J.; Lopez-Soler, J.M., "A Simple Model for Predicting the Number and Duration
of Rebuffering Events for YouTube Flows," Communications Letters, IEEE , vol.16, no.2, pp.278,280, February 2012

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5.3. Buffering prediction

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6. Tools developed for modelling YouTube

Tcpdump YouTube traces Analysis Toolkit
Dozens of in-house tools for capturing, filtering, analysing, and
modelling youtube traces have been developed.

Automatic traffic capture in batch for Desktop, Android and Ios.

Automatic determmination of parameters (size of fragments,

throttling factor, initial burst size, chunks sizes...)

Player states and buffer monitoring.

Development of a JAVA YouTube server.

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6. Tools developed for modelling YouTube

YouTube Mobile Analysis Toolkit
GUI and integration of developed toolset for YouTube traces analysis
[6][7].

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6. Tools developed for modelling YouTube

MODELADO DE TRFICO DE YOUTUBE MOBILE
YouTube mobile traffic Modelling for wifi, and implementation of the
IPad 3, Android 4.0.4 y Android 4.1.2 players in the OMNET++
simulator [7][8].

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7. References
[1] Pablo Ameigeiras, Juan J. Ramos-Munoz, Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Juan M. Lopez-Soler,
Analysis
and
Modeling
of
YouTube
Traffic,
Transactions
on
Emerging
Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, 2012, June 2012
[2] Ramos-Munoz, J.J.; Prados-Garzon, J.; Ameigeiras, P.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Lopez-Soler,
J.M., Characteristics of mobile youtube traffic, Wireless Communications, IEEE , vol.21,
no.1, pp.18,25, February 2014
[3] Prados-Garzon, J.; Ameigeiras, P.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Lopez-Soler, J.M., Simulationbased performance study of YouTube service in 3G LTE, World of Wireless, Mobile and
Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2013 IEEE 14th International Symposium and
Workshops on a , vol., no., pp.1,3, 4-7 June 2013
[5] Ameigeiras, P.; Azcona-Rivas, A.; Navarro-Ortiz, J.; Ramos-Munoz, J.J.; Lopez-Soler,
J.M., A Simple Model for Predicting the Number and Duration of Rebuffering Events for
YouTube Flows, Communications Letters, IEEE , vol.16, no.2, pp.278,280, February
2012
[6] Alberto Moreno Sicre, YouTube Mobile Analisys Toolkit, 2013.
[7] Hctor Alejandro Aguilera, Modelado de trfico de YouTube Mobile, 2013
[8] OMNeT++ Discrete Event Simulator, https://omnetpp.org/

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