SDN for segment based flow routing of DASH

In this paper we propose an SDN based dynamic path selection for HTTP-based video streaming. MPEG-DASH is a recently proposed standard allowing rate adaptation over HTTP. On the other hand, Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new network architecture, which allows determining routes of packet flows by an external controller software. In this study we develop an optimization model aiming to obtain maximum throughput for DASH services by selecting the optimal paths for video packet flows over SDN. The simulations show that the clients in the proposed system receive better QoE in terms of video bitrate, outage duration and startup delay when compared to the clients running in Internet's best effort.