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Real-time demonstration of low-latency video delivery via hybrid unicast-broadcast networks

Casper Haems (UGent) , Jeroen van der Hooft (UGent) , Hannes Mareen (UGent) , Peter Steenkiste (UGent) , Glenn Van Wallendael (UGent) , Tim Wauters (UGent) and Filip De Turck (UGent)
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In response to the growing demand for low-latency video streaming, this paper presents a demonstration of a hybrid unicast-broadcast video delivery system that combines 5G terrestrial broadcasting with over-the-top (OTT) streaming methods. The demonstration features a scalable setup with an interactive dashboard, allowing users to experiment with various configurations and observe key metrics such as bandwidth usage, packet loss, buffer size, and live latency in real-time. Key techniques include Low-Latency DASH (LL-DASH) for HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS), packet recovery (PR) and Forward Error Correction (FEC) for reliability, Temporal Layer Injection (TLI) for enhanced quality, and Common Media Application Format (CMAF) with Chunked Transfer Encoding (CTE) for reduced latency. The demonstration shows that this scalable hybrid approach can effectively reduce unicast bandwidth to nearly 0 Mb/s in scenarios without packet loss on the broadcast network, and achieve similar bandwidth reductions in lossy broadcast networks with appropriate Forward Error Correction (FEC) settings, while maintaining a live latency lower than 1 second. These results demonstrate the system's potential for optimizing multimedia delivery, significantly reducing unicast bandwidth while maintaining low-latency streaming.
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Video delivery, Multimedia streaming, 5G terrestrial broadcast, Low-latency

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MLA
Haems, Casper, et al. “Real-Time Demonstration of Low-Latency Video Delivery via Hybrid Unicast-Broadcast Networks.” 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, IEEE, 2024, pp. 1–3, doi:10.23919/cnsm62983.2024.10814565.
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Haems, C., van der Hooft, J., Mareen, H., Steenkiste, P., Van Wallendael, G., Wauters, T., & De Turck, F. (2024). Real-time demonstration of low-latency video delivery via hybrid unicast-broadcast networks. 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.23919/cnsm62983.2024.10814565
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Haems, Casper, Jeroen van der Hooft, Hannes Mareen, Peter Steenkiste, Glenn Van Wallendael, Tim Wauters, and Filip De Turck. 2024. “Real-Time Demonstration of Low-Latency Video Delivery via Hybrid Unicast-Broadcast Networks.” In 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, 1–3. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/cnsm62983.2024.10814565.
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Haems, Casper, Jeroen van der Hooft, Hannes Mareen, Peter Steenkiste, Glenn Van Wallendael, Tim Wauters, and Filip De Turck. 2024. “Real-Time Demonstration of Low-Latency Video Delivery via Hybrid Unicast-Broadcast Networks.” In 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, 1–3. IEEE. doi:10.23919/cnsm62983.2024.10814565.
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Haems C, van der Hooft J, Mareen H, Steenkiste P, Van Wallendael G, Wauters T, et al. Real-time demonstration of low-latency video delivery via hybrid unicast-broadcast networks. In: 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024. IEEE; 2024. p. 1–3.
IEEE
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C. Haems et al., “Real-time demonstration of low-latency video delivery via hybrid unicast-broadcast networks,” in 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, Prague, Czech Republic, 2024, pp. 1–3.
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  author       = {{Haems, Casper and van der Hooft, Jeroen and Mareen, Hannes and Steenkiste, Peter and Van Wallendael, Glenn and Wauters, Tim and De Turck, Filip}},
  booktitle    = {{2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024}},
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.23919/cnsm62983.2024.10814565}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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