Method and apparatus for measuring QoE guaranteed real-time IP-media video quality

• US 8,401,067 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2008
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jin-sul, Lee, Hyun-woo, Ryu, Won, Lee, Byung-sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Thier, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENSAH, PRINCE AKWASI
• Application Number:
  US12/113,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20090154368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 375/239, 375/240, 375/240.01, 375/240.09, 375/240.11, 375/240.13, 375/240.14, 375/240.15, 375/240.16, 375/240.17, 375/240.19, 375/240.21, 382/228, 382/232, 382/236, 382/239, 382/240, 382/248, 382/260, 382/276, 348/177, 348/179, 348/180, 348/189, 348/192, 348/208.4, 348/409.1, 348/410.1, 348/411.1, 348/412.1, 348/415.1
• US Class Current: 375/240
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV

Abstract

A method and apparatus for measuring the quality of a video provided in an IP network based media service is provided. The apparatus for measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) guaranteed real-time Internet Protocol (IP)-media video quality, includes: a receiver receiving a transmission video provided through an IP network service platform and an original video corresponding to the transmission video, and extracting frames of the transmission video and the original video; a detector comparing the frames of the transmission video and the original video in real time to obtain a difference between the frames of the transmission video and the original video and detecting a matching segment between the transmission video and the original video; and a measurement unit calculating a QoE parameter using the frames of the transmission video and the original video which correspond to the matching segment.

Claims

1. An apparatus for measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) guaranteed real-time Internet Protocol (IP)-media video quality, comprising:

a receiver receiving a transmission video provided through an IP network service platform and an original video corresponding to the transmission video, and extracting frames of the transmission video and the original video;

a detector comparing the frames of the transmission video and the original video in real time to obtain a difference between the frames of the transmission video and the original video and detecting a matching segment between the transmission video and the original video; and

a measurement unit calculating a QoE parameter using the frames of the transmission video and the original video which correspond to the matching segment,

wherein the detector comprises;

a dividing unit dividing the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video each into a plurality of blocks;

a mapping unit calculating a brightness of each block to create a rank map;

a distance calculating unit calculating a distance between the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video using the rank map; and

a matching segment detecting unit comparing the calculated distance with a predetermined reference distance and, if the calculated distance is shorter than the reference distance, determining a corresponding segment to be a matching segment.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the receiver is connected between elements of the IP network service platform.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dividing unit divides the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video each into 8×

8 blocks.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein if the calculated distance exceeds the reference distance, the matching segment detecting unit controls the dividing unit to further divide the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video each into 16×

16 blocks.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the QoE parameter comprises blurring, block distortion, color error, jerkiness, edge busyness or an error block.

6. A method of measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) guaranteed real-time Internet Protocol (IP)-media video quality, comprising:

receiving a transmission video provided through an IP network service platform and an original video corresponding to the transmission video, and extracting frames of the transmission video and the original video;

dividing the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video each into 8×

8 blocks;

calculating a brightness of each block to write a rank map;

calculating a distance between the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video using the rank map;

comparing the calculated distance with a predetermined reference distance and, if the calculated distance is shorter than the reference distance, determining a corresponding segment to be a matching segment; and

calculating a QoE parameter of a video using the frames of the transmission video and the original video which correspond to the matching segment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the comparing of the calculated distance with a predetermined reference distance comprises, if the calculated distance is equal to or larger than the reference distance, further dividing the frames of the transmission video and the original video each into 16×

16 blocks, and further performing the calculating of a brightness of each block to write a rank map and the calculating of a distance between the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video using the rank map.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the rank map is expressed by the following equation:

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the distance D between the frame of the transmission video and the frame of the original video is expressed by the following equation:

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the reference distance is set to five (5).

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the QoE parameter comprises blurring, block distortion, color error, jerkiness, edge busyness or an error block.