?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Price-based+Controller+for+Quality-Fair+HTTP+Adaptive+Streaming+(Extended+Version)&rft.creator=D'Aronco%2C+S&rft.creator=Toni%2C+L&rft.creator=Frossard%2C+P&rft.description=HTTP+adaptive+streaming+(HAS)+has+become+the+universal+technology+for+video+streaming+over+the+Internet.+Many+HAS+system+designs+aim+at+sharing+the+network+bandwidth+in+a+rate-fair+manner.+However%2C+rate+fairness+is+in+general+not+equivalent+to+quality+fairness+as+different+video+sequences+might+have+different+characteristics+and+resource+requirements.+In+this+work%2C+we+focus+on+this+limitation+and+propose+a+novel+controller+for+HAS+clients+that+is+able+to+reach+quality+fairness+while+preserving+the+main+characteristics+of+HAS+systems+and+with+a+limited+support+from+the+network+devices.+In+particular%2C+we+adopt+a+price-based+mechanism+in+order+to+build+a+controller+that+maximizes+the+aggregate+video+quality+for+a+set+of+HAS+clients+that+share+a+common+bottleneck.+When+network+resources+are+scarce%2C+the+clients+with+simple+video+sequences+reduce+the+requested+bitrate+in+favor+of+users+that+subscribe+to+more+complex+video+sequences%2C+leading+to+a+more+efficient+network+usage.+The+proposed+controller+has+been+implemented+in+a+network+simulator%2C+and+the+simulation+results+demonstrate+its+ability+to+share+the+available+bandwidth+among+the+HAS+users+in+a+quality-fair+manner.&rft.subject=Streaming+media%2C+Bit+rate%2C+Bandwidth%2C+Servers%2C+Internet%2C+Resource+management%2C+HTTP+adaptive+streaming%2C+K.6.2.e+Pricing+and+resource+allocation%2C+K.6.2+Installation+Management%2C+K.6+Management+of+Computing+and+Information+Systems&rft.publisher=ArXiv&rft.date=2017-01-05&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(ArXiv++1701.013).+ArXiv%3A+Ithaca%2C+NY%2C+USA.+(2017)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1535829%2F1%2FToni_1701.01392v1.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1535829%2F&rft.rights=open