动态调整视频播放中CDN资源,平衡体验与成本
PIRA: Pan-CDN Intra-video Resource Adaptation for Short Video Streaming
- 基于控制理论实时优化播放时的CDN选择
- 实验显示启动延迟降2.1%,卡顿减少15.2%,流量成本降10%
- 适合大规模短视频平台做体验与成本平衡
在大型短视频平台中,CDN资源选择对维持用户体验(QoE)并控制不断上升的流量成本至关重要。我们通过对生产环境中的视频播放进行真实网络测量发现,高平均QoE的CDN往往伴随更高成本,且单个视频内连接质量波动显著,揭示了QoE与成本之间存在根本性动态权衡。然而,在短视频流媒体场景下,如何在成本约束下维持高QoE仍未得到充分研究。为此,我们提出PIRA,一种在视频播放过程中实时优化QoE与成本的动态资源选择算法。PIRA通过数学模型联合建模QoE与成本,并引入基于控制理论的视频内CDN资源选择机制,以应对网络动态变化。为降低计算开销,采用状态空间剪枝与自适应参数调整,高效求解高维优化问题。在覆盖45万用户、持续两周的大规模生产实验中,PIRA优于现有基线,实现启动延迟降低2.1%、重缓冲时间缩短15.2%、平均单位流量成本下降10%,验证了其在大规模场景下平衡用户体验与财务成本的有效性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In large scale short video platforms, CDN resource selection plays a critical role in maintaining Quality of Experience (QoE) while controlling escalating traffic costs. To better understand this phenomenon, we conduct in the wild network measurements during video playback in a production short video system. The results reveal that CDNs delivering higher average QoE often come at greater financial cost, yet their connection quality fluctuates even within a single video underscoring a fundamental and dynamic trade off between QoE and cost. However, the problem of sustaining high QoE under cost constraints remains insufficiently investigated in the context of CDN selection for short video streaming. To address this, we propose PIRA, a dynamic resource selection algorithm that optimizes QoE and cost in real time during video playback. PIRA formally integrating QoE and cost by a mathematical model, and introduce a intra video control theoretic CDN resource selection approach which can balance QoE and cost under network dynamics. To reduce the computation overheads, PIRA employs state space pruning and adaptive parameter adjustment to efficiently solve the high dimensional optimization problem. In large scale production experiments involving 450,000 users over two weeks, PIRA outperforms the production baseline, achieving a 2.1% reduction in start up delay, 15.2% shorter rebuffering time, and 10% lower average unit traffic cost, demonstrating its effectiveness in balancing user experience and financial cost at scale.
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