Mobile-Based Video Caching Architecture Based on Billboard Manager

TL;DR

This paper introduces a Billboard Manager-based architecture to optimize video streaming over 3G networks, reducing bandwidth load and ensuring smooth playback by caching and managing video requests efficiently.

Contribution

It proposes a novel Billboard Manager system that caches video resources to improve transmission efficiency and reduce bandwidth usage in mobile video streaming.

Findings

Reduced bandwidth consumption for mobile video streaming

Improved video playback smoothness on 3G networks

Efficient caching reduces server load

Abstract

Video streaming services are very popular today. Increasingly, users can now access multimedia applications and video playback wirelessly on their mobile devices. However, a significant challenge remains in ensuring smooth and uninterrupted transmission of almost any size of video file over a 3G network, and as quickly as possible in order to optimize bandwidth consumption. In this paper, we propose to position our Billboard Manager to provide an optimal transmission rate to enable smooth video playback to a mobile device user connected to a 3G network. Our work focuses on serving user requests by mobile operators from cached resource managed by Billboard Manager, and transmitting the video files from this pool. The aim is to reduce the load placed on bandwidth resources of a mobile operator by routing away as much user requests away from the internet for having to search a video and, subsequently, if located, have it transferred back to the user.