Waiting times in quality of experience for web based services

2012 4th International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEX 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 86-96

  Egger, S ^a   Hossfeld, T ^b   Schatz, R ^a   Fiedler, M ^c  

^a TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTER VIENNA FTW   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Initial Delay; QoE; Stalling; Subjective Tests; Waiting Time Perception; Web QoE; YouTube Video Streaming

Indexed keywords

INITIAL DELAY; QOE; STALLING; SUBJECTIVE TESTS; WAITING-TIME; WEB QOE; YOUTUBE;

HTTP; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIDEO STREAMING;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84866640579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QoMEX.2012.6263888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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