arXiv:2508.13402cs.MMeess.IV2025-08中稿 · ACM Multimedia 202…被引 18

针对低轨卫星直播卡顿问题,提出轻量级自适应方案,显著减少中断时间。

Robust Live Streaming over LEO Satellite Constellations: Measurement, Analysis, and Handover-Aware Adaptation

  • 引入卫星感知的播放速度调节机制,结合网络特性优化码率选择
  • 实测可降低39.41%重缓冲时间,仅损失0.13%码率
  • 兼容现有码率自适应算法,适合卫星网络直播场景

近年来,直播流媒体发展迅速,但全球仍有大量人群无法接入互联网。低地球轨道卫星网络(LSNs),如星链(Starlink)和柯伊伯计划(Project Kuiper),为填补这一空白提供了可能。然而,我们的测量研究发现,现有直播平台在LSNs上难以实现流畅观看体验,主要由于频繁的卫星切换导致视频频繁重缓冲。即使当前最先进的基于学习的自适应码率(ABR)算法在LSNs网络轨迹上训练,仍无法有效应对卫星切换带来的突发网络波动。为此,我们首次提出卫星感知码率自适应(SARA),一种通用且轻量的中间件,可无缝集成于多种ABR算法中,以提升直播在LSNs上的表现。SARA通过智能调节视频播放速度,并向ABR算法提供源自LSNs独特网络特性的洞察,帮助其做出更优的码率决策,从而有效减少卫星切换期间的重缓冲事件。大规模评估表明,SARA可平均减少39.41%的重缓冲时间,延迟仅增加0.65%,整体码率损失仅为0.13%。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Live streaming has experienced significant growth recently. Yet this rise in popularity contrasts with the reality that a substantial segment of the global population still lacks Internet access. The emergence of Low Earth orbit Satellite Networks (LSNs), such as SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper, presents a promising solution to fill this gap. Nevertheless, our measurement study reveals that existing live streaming platforms may not be able to deliver a smooth viewing experience on LSNs due to frequent satellite handovers, which lead to frequent video rebuffering events. Current state-of-the-art learning-based Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) algorithms, even when trained on LSNs' network traces, fail to manage the abrupt network variations associated with satellite handovers effectively. To address these challenges, for the first time, we introduce Satellite-Aware Rate Adaptation (SARA), a versatile and lightweight middleware that can seamlessly integrate with various ABR algorithms to enhance the performance of live streaming over LSNs. SARA intelligently modulates video playback speed and furnishes ABR algorithms with insights derived from the distinctive network characteristics of LSNs, thereby aiding ABR algorithms in making informed bitrate selections and effectively minimizing rebuffering events that occur during satellite handovers. Our extensive evaluation shows that SARA can effectively reduce the rebuffering time by an average of $39.41\%$ and slightly improve latency by $0.65\%$ while only introducing an overall loss in bitrate by $0.13\%$.

直播流媒体卫星网络自适应码率低轨卫星

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