QoE Assessment of FPV Drone Control in a Cloud Gaming Based Simulation

Scientific paper - Conference Proceedings Article (invited lecture)

• Author: Matko Silic
• Author: Mirko Suznjevic
• Author: Lea Skorin-Kapov
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; (Department of Telecommunications)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Computing; Information Systems

Abstract (english)

The technology of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or simply drones, has gained much attention over the past two decades, with a rapid decrease in cost and increase in potential applications such as surveillance, journalism, agriculture, film- making, entertainment, etc. With the growth in the popularity of First-person view (FPV) drone piloting comes the challenge of transmitting control information and streaming video at very low latencies to enable proper real-time control. Due to strict latency requirements, FPV technology stagnated, with analog video transmission currently representing the most common implementation. In this paper, we present our preliminary research directed towards developing a digital alternative to this technology. We report on a user study designed to assess the Quality of Experience (QoE) of an FPV system coupled with a cloud-based drone flight simulator, with the focus being on video quality in ideal network conditions. Obtained results show that video encoding parameters have a significant impact on user perceived QoE. Furthermore, our findings highlight the relevance of simulator sickness in this kind of system.

• Keywords (english): Quality of Experience; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; FPV; Cloud Gaming; Video Streaming; Remote Reality
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Conference Proceedings Article (invited lecture)
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: Proceedings of 2021 13th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX)
• Numbering: pp. 175-180
• p-ISSN: 2372-7179
• e-ISSN: 2472-7814
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/qomex51781.2021.9465385
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:168:551084
• Publication: 2021
• Project: Number: IP-2019-04-9793; Title (croatian): Modeliranje i praćenje iskustvene kvalitete imerzivnih višemedijskih usluga u 5G mrežama; Title (english): Modeling and Monitoring QoE for Immersive 5G-Enabled Multimedia Services; Acronym: Q-MERSIVE; Leader: Lea Skorin-Kapov; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: IP
• Project: Number: KK.01.2.1.02.0054; Title (croatian): Razvoj uređaja za prijenos video signala ultra niske latencije; Acronym: DRUNE; Leader: Doc. dr. sc. Daniel Hofman; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: EFRR
• Conference: Title: 13th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience; Acronym: QoMEX; Location: Montreal, Canada; Start date: 2021-06-14; End date: 2021-06-17; Assembly type: Invited lecture
• Document URL: http://bib.irb.hr/1186025
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: IEEE
• Access conditions: Restricted access
• Created on: 2022-05-16 12:15:02