Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

A Software Defined Networking Based Live Video Streaming Service

Ryan Izard, Qing Wang, Benton Kribbs, Joe Porter, KC Wang Clemson University

Aditya Prakash, Parmesh Ramanathan

University of Wisconsin

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 2 March 25, 2015

Benefits of GENI Cinema

GENI Cinema is an open, live multi-viewpoint video streaming service over the Internet

•  Viewpoint control in the hands of viewer

•  SDN capabilities make this possible

Applications: Education, Sports, Entertainment, Surveillance, … •  For example, in educational setting

–  Multiple cameras capture and transmit an University lecture

–  Students view the lectures live

–  Students may independently select and switch between viewpoints

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 3 March 25, 2015

Limitations of Current Networks

•  Current networks are not –  Programmable

–  Highly-customizable

–  Cost-effective

–  Open

•  GENI Cinema requires programmable, customizable, and open network to make efficient use of bandwidth resources

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 4 March 25, 2015

The “GENI” in GENI Cinema

•  GENI provides –  Programmable network

infrastructure

–  Geographically

distributed

computation

resources

–  Public accessibility

–  User/experimenter support

–  Enables efficient use of network bandwidth

–  Viewers to be geographically distributed

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 5 March 25, 2015

Today’s Demonstration

VLC Server

VLC Server VLC

Server

Gateway 3

Gateway 2

Gateway 1

Internet

VLC Client 2 (Consumer)

VLC Client 1 (Consumer)

OF Controller Campus

Network

Public Web Proxy Server

IP Camera (Producer)

Video Stream Reflector

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 6 March 25, 2015

Today’s Demonstration

VLC Server

VLC Server VLC

Server

Gateway 3

Gateway 2

Gateway 1

Internet

VLC Client 2 (Consumer)

VLC Client 1 (Consumer)

OF Controller Campus

Network

Public Web Proxy Server

IP Camera (Producer)

Video Stream Reflector

UTC IG

Kansas IG

CENIC IG

GPO IG

GaTech IG

SoX IG

Case Western IG

Stanford IG

From Clemson

From GEC

From Madison

Rutgers IG

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 7 March 25, 2015

Summary and Future

•  GENI Cinema –  SDN-based live video streaming service

–  Built using GENI compute and networking resources

•  Watch the plenary and other live events http://cinema.smartfuture2015.net