Analysis and QoE Evaluation of Cloud Gaming Service Adaptation Under Different Network Conditions: the Case of NVIDIA GeForce NOW

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Mirko Sužnjević
• Author: Ivan Slivar
• Author: Lea Skorin-Kapov
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Computing

Abstract (english)

Cloud gaming represents a highly interactive service whereby game logic is rendered in the cloud and streamed as a video to end devices. While benefits include the ability to stream high-quality graphics games to practically any end user device, drawbacks include high bandwidth requirements and very low latency. Consequently, a challenge faced by cloud gaming service providers is the design of algorithms for adapting video streaming parameters to meet the end user system and network resource constraints. In this paper, we conduct an analysis of the commercial NVIDIA GeForce NOW game streaming platform adaptation mechanisms in light of variable network conditions. We further conduct an empirical user study involving the GeForce NOW platform to assess player Quality of Experience when such adaptation mechanisms are employed. The results provide insight into limitations of the currently deployed mechanisms, as well as aim to provide input for the proposal of designing future video encoding adaptation strategies.

• Keywords (english): Cloud gaming; adaptation mechanisms; video encoding; Quality of Experience
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Accepted version
• Publication title: Proceedings of Eighth International Conference Quality Of Multimedia Experience (Qomex), 2016
• Numbering: pp. 1-6
• ISBN: 978-1-5090-0354-9
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:168:608467
• Publication: 2016
• Project: Number: UIP-2014-09-5605; Title (croatian): Kooperativno upravljanje iskustvenom kvalitetom upokretnim mrežama za interaktivne višemedijske aplikacije u računalom oblaku; Title (english): Cooperative Quality of Experience Management for Interactive Cloud-Based Multimedia Applications in Mobile Networks; Acronym: Q-MANIC; Leader: Lea Skorin-Kapov; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: UIP
• Conference: Title: 2016 Eighth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX); Location: Lisabon, Portugal; Start date: 2016-06-06; End date: 2016-06-08; Assembly type: Lecture
• Document URL: http://bib.irb.hr/809313
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: IEEE
• Access conditions: Restricted access
• Created on: 2022-05-18 09:35:42