Impact of mobile ad-hoc network parameters on quality of experience for video streaming

Video streaming over MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc Network) is challenging due to specific features that characterize this network. The importance of MANET-specific features has been already emphasized in terms of QoS (Quality of Service). Nevertheless, these parameters have been considered to a limited extent in terms of QoE (Quality of Experience), and thereby, they still remain not well understood. Therefore, this research has been motivated by the challenge to provide a deeper understanding of MANET-specific parameters and their impact on QoE for video streaming. Experimental study has included two phases, i.e., video streaming emulation over MANET and end-user survey to collect MOS (Mean Opinion Score) rates. Results obtained from the statistical analysis imply that there exists strong and statistically significant impact of individual MANET-specific parameters and their interaction on QoE for video streaming.