Game-aware resource allocation in home gateways

家庭网关中的游戏感知资源分配

• 批准号: 488681-2015
• 负责人: Shirmohammadi, Shervin
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=586366
• 关键词: Game; aware; resource; allocation; home

Online gaming, especially the new paradigm of Cloud Gaming, is not only advancing the state-of-the-art in interactive networked applications, but has already created significant business and markets. The revenue of gaming business reached US$83.6 billion in 2014, and is expected to rise to US$102.9 billion by 2017. However, Online gaming is fundamentally challenged by network latencies which impair the interactive experience of a game and negatively affect player's quality of experience (QoE). An interactive game is highly delay sensitive and must run live or near-live, especially in multiplayer mode. While much research has been performed on this topic for the past decade, the great majority have focused on reducing delay on the sever/cloud side or in the backbone infrastructure. There has been very little research done at the client side; i.e., the player's home network. To reduce delay and increase the player's QoE, a complete solution must comprise all segments, including the home network which is as important as the server. In this proposed project, we will work with Ubique Networks to develop a complete framework for optimizing the distribution of network resources across all applications that share the Internet access point at the player's home. Our goal is to maximize the Quality of Experience (QoE) of players without starving other applications on the same network. This is especially challenging for Cloud Gaming, due to the high video bandwidth required: for 720p video resolution at 50 fps (typical game quality), the former OnLive cloud gaming system (whose technology patents were recently bought by Sony) requires a network connection with at least 5 Mbps of bandwidth.

在线游戏，特别是云游戏的新模式，不仅推动了交互式网络应用的发展，而且已经创造了重要的业务和市场。博彩业务的收入于二零一四年达到836亿美元，预期于二零一七年将增至1，029亿美元。然而，在线游戏从根本上受到网络延迟的挑战，网络延迟损害了游戏的交互体验并负面影响了玩家的体验质量（QoE）。交互式游戏对延迟高度敏感，必须实时或接近实时运行，尤其是在多人模式下。虽然在过去的十年中已经对这个主题进行了大量的研究，但大多数研究都集中在减少服务器/云端或骨干基础设施中的延迟上。在客户方面做的研究很少; 也就是说，玩家的家庭网络为了减少延迟并提高玩家的QoE，完整的解决方案必须包括所有部分，包括与服务器一样重要的家庭网络。在这个提议的项目中，我们将与Ubique Networks合作开发一个完整的框架，用于优化在玩家家中共享互联网接入点的所有应用程序之间的网络资源分布。我们的目标是最大限度地提高玩家的体验质量（QoE），而不会让同一网络上的其他应用程序挨饿。这对于云游戏来说尤其具有挑战性，因为需要很高的视频带宽：对于50 fps的720 p视频分辨率（典型的游戏质量），前OnLive云游戏系统（其技术专利最近被索尼收购）需要至少5 Mbps的带宽。