A DASH-Based Adaptive Multiple Sensorial Content Delivery Solution for Improved User Quality of Experience

Increasing number of researchers are focusing on the emerging communication technologies which enrich user perceived quality of experience by involving vision, auditory, tactile, olfaction, gustatory, and other senses. However, there are multiple challenges related to using multiple sensorial media (i.e., mulsemedia), including synchronization with the traditional multimedia content and delivery over diverse network environments. This paper proposes MulseDASH, a novel multiple sensorial media content delivery solutions based on the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP standard (DASH). MulseDASH is described and evaluated in a real test-bed in terms of the effectiveness of its adaptive streaming and synchronization mechanisms. The extensive testing involving both network emulation and subjective assessment experiments shows how MulseDASH performs an excellent real-time streaming adjustment to match network conditions and improves user quality of experience.