Master data

Next Generation Video Streaming “PROMETHEUS”
Description:

The main objective of PROMETHEUS is to research and develop the next generation video streaming infrastructure which

  • shall enable the efficient and optimized adaptive streaming of bandwidth-hungry interactive video applications – including but not limited to augmented reality, virtual reality, and omnidirectional 360° video – within heterogeneous environments;
  • shall support immersive media applications taking into account recent advances in media coding (i.e., high-dynamic range, white color gamut, and other range extensions) as well as proprietary formats depending on the market needs (e.g., AV1, VP9, VP10, etc.);
  • shall provide means to quantify the Quality of Experience (QoE) of the above mentioned applications domains in order to analyze and improve the video quality on the Web.
Keywords: media applications, video streaming, multimedia
Short title: PROMETHEUS
Period: 01.04.2017 - 31.03.2019
Contact e-mail: christian.timmerer@aau.at
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Employees

Categorisation

Project type Cooperative research
Funding type §27
Research type
  • Applied research
Subject areas
  • 1020 - Computer Sciences
Research Cluster
  • Public Health
  • Self-organizing systems
Gender aspects Genderrelevance not selected
Project focus
  • Science to Public (Quality indicator: II)
Classification raster of the assigned organisational units:
working groups
  • Multimedia Communication

Funding

Funding program
bitmovin GmbH
Organisation: bitmovin GmbH

Cooperations

Organisation Address
bitmovin GmbH
Schleppe-Platz 7
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria - Carinthia
Schleppe-Platz 7
AT - 9020  Klagenfurt am Wörthersee