In 3D video streaming the subjective impact of network QoS degradation is significantly higher than in classic 2D video because good depth perception is actually a function of many asymmetric parameters such as source rate of stereoscopic streams (i.e., image quality of individual views), spatial and temporal resolution of each view and many other possible impairments arising from networking effects. The current trend for 3D media networking is the use of content-centric networks to solve problems and alleviate constraints of existing Internet technologies when sending multimedia data. There are three transmission modes for multiple-view video, referring to Single Session Transmission (SST), Multi-Session Transmission (MST) and Media-Aware Network Element (MANE)-based transmission. Looking at these recent advances, the transport of 3D multimedia signals over IP packet networks is a natural choice, but the IP itself leaves many aspects of the transmission to be defined by other layers of the protocol stack. This Action coordinates research in 3D media networking where IP offers flexibility in designing novel optimal communications system for various 3D data representations and encoding schemes.
Specific Objectives for the 2nd period
During the second period of this COST Action, WG3 are focused on two main adjectives:
(i) To study the feasibility of practical implementation of P2P real-time streaming of stereoscopic and interactive multiview video. Networking architectures and protocols shall be addressed with the objective of optimizing the user satisfaction in interactive 3D multimedia services, including adaptation to mobile and fixed delivery environments.
(ii) To open a research objective addressing cloud-assisted 3D multiview streaming in mobile and P2P environments. The state of the art in this new field will be established and new research directions will be identified for large-scale multiview scenarios.
The Working Group 3 members are:
Chair: Dr. Evangelos Pallis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete
MC Members:
Dr. Federico Álvarez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari
Prof. Tasos Dagiuklas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Prof. Ahmet Kondoz, University of Surrey
Prof. Andrej Kos, University of Ljubljana
Prof. Antonio Liotta, Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia
Dr. Christos Politis, Kingston University
Prof. Ahmet Murat, Tekalp Koc University
Dr. Carl James Debono, University of Malta
WG Members:
Dr. George Exarchakos, Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Omar Abdul-Hameed, University of Surrey
Prof. João Barros, University of Porto
Prof. Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13
Dr. Janko Calic, University of Surrey
PhD Chamitha De Alwis, University of Surrey
Dr. Varuna De Silva, University of Surrey
Dr. Erhan Ekmekcioglu, University of Surrey
Dr. Anil Fernando, University of Surrey
PhD Chamida Hewage, Kingston University
PhD David Jimenez, Universidad Politecnica Madrid
Dr. Paulo Loureiro, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Prof. Daniel Lucani, Aalborg University
PhD Cagri Ozcinar, University of Surrey
Ms Bacic Iva, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Qiao Yuansong, Athione Institute of Technology
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