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Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC)

Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) is a UDP-based transport layer network protocol. HTTP/3 uses QUIC to achieve performance enhancements (e.g. simpler handshakes, multiplexing) such as lower latency media streaming.

Quality of Service

Measure of underlying technical aspects or characteristics of media streaming (ITU.T P.10 item 6.212), including: performance, availability. Poor QoS can impact PVQ and/or QoE. In contrast to QoE, QoS is an expression of the system’s various technical characteristics including: network performance (e.g. packet loss, e.g. network jitter, e.g. bitrate, e.g.

Quality of Experience (QoE)

Quality of Experience is a measure of overall delight or annoyance of viewer’s media streaming experience (ITU.T P.10 item 6.209). Many factors can impact QoE, including: poor PVQ, poor QoS, poor application performance. In contrast to QoS, QoE is an expression of the end-viewer’s overall sentiment regarding the usage of

Perceptual Video Quality

Measure of visual quality of video content as perceived by viewers. Poor PVQ can impact QoE. Poor QoS can impact PVQ. The perceived video quality can be evaluated by computers based on mathematical models in laboratory or production settings (see Objective Video Quality) or based on human observation in informal

Mean Time to Resolution

The average time it takes to resolve an issue. In media streaming context, the issue can impact streaming QoS, PQ or QoE.

Mean Time To Detection

The average time it takes to detect an issue. In media streaming context, the issue can impact streaming QoS, PQ or QoE.

HTTP Live Streaming

HTTP Live Streaming is an Apple standard for ABR media streaming using fMP4 or MPEG-TS containers and H.264 or H.265 video codecs.

High Efficiency Video Codec

Video compression standard, published in 2013, with the goal to succeed AVC/H.264 by reducing bitrate up to 50% while maintaining the same perceptual video quality (PVQ).

Universally Unique Identifier

Unique 128-bit identifier, usually represented as a 32 hexadecimal string. UUIDs are extensively used to uniquely identify entities in computing systems, including media streaming workflows.

Fragmented MP4 (fMP4)

Fragmented MP4 (fMP4) is an MP4 container with its media logically partitioned into moof-mdat pairs (fragments). fMP4 can be one .mp4 file (all fragments) streamed using byte-range requests to the .mp4 file or many .m4s files (one per fragment) streamed using regular requests for each .m4s file.

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