Mu, M., Fawcett, L., Bird, J., Jellico, J., Simpson, S., Stokking, H. and Race, N. (2016) Closing the Gap: Human Factors in Cross-Device Media Synchronization. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 11(1), pp. 180-195. 1932-4553.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | The continuing growth in the mobile phone arena, particularly in terms of device capabilities and ownership is having a transformational impact on media consumption. It is now possible to consider orchestrated multi-stream experiences delivered across many devices, rather than the playback of content from a single device. However, there are significant challenges in realising such a vision, particularly around the management of synchronicity between associated media streams. This is compounded by the heterogeneous nature of user devices, the networks upon which they operate, and the perceptions of users. This paper describes IMSync, an open inter-stream synchronisation framework that is QoE-aware. IMSync adopts efficient monitoring and control mechanisms, alongside a QoE perception model that has been derived from a series of subjective user experiments. Based on an observation of lag, IMSync is able to use this model of impact to determine an appropriate strategy to catch-up with playback whilst minimising the potential detrimental impacts on a users QoE. The impact model adopts a balanced approach: trading off the potential impact on QoE of initiating a re-synchronisation process compared with retaining the current levels of non-synchronicity, in order to maintain high levels of QoE. A series of experiments demonstrate the potential of the framework as a basis for enabling new, immersive media experiences. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Multimedia systems, human factors, multimedia communication |
| Creators: | Mu, Mu, Fawcett, Lyndon, Bird, Jamie, Jellico, Jamie, Simpson, Steven, Stokking, Hans and Race, Nicholas |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Computing |
| Date: | 12 December 2016 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 180-195 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Number of Pages: | 16 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTSP.2016.2638358 |
| ISSN: | 1932-4553 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | No |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/8997 |
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