Measuring the quality of experience of HTTP video streaming

HTTP video streaming, such as Flash video, is widely deployed to deliver stored media. Owing to TCP's reliable service, the picture and sound quality would not be degraded by network impairments, such as high delay and packet loss. However, the network impairments can cause rebuffering events which would result in jerky playback and deform the video's temporal structure. These quality degradations could adversely affect users' quality of...