Take-away TV: Recharging Work commutes with predictive preloading of catch-Up TV content

TY - JOUR

T1 - Take-away TV

T2 - Recharging Work commutes with predictive preloading of catch-Up TV content

AU - Karamshuk, Dmytro

AU - Sastry, Nishanth

AU - Al-Bassam, Mustafa

AU - Secker, Andrew

AU - Chandaria, Jigna

PY - 2016/8/1

Y1 - 2016/8/1

N2 - Mobile data offloading can greatly decrease the load on and usage of current and future cellular data networks by exploiting opportunistic and frequent access to Wi-Fi connectivity. Unfortunately, Wi-Fi access from mobile devices can be difficult during typical work commutes, e.g., via trains or cars on highways. In this paper, we propose a new approach: to preload the mobile device with content that a user might be interested in, thereby avoiding the need for cellular data access. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by developing a supervised machine learning model that learns from user preferences for different types of content, and propensity to be guided by the user interface of the player, and predictively preload entire TV shows. Testing on a data set of nearly 3.9 million sessions from all over the U.K. to BBC TV shows, we find that predictive preloading can save over 71% of the mobile data for an average user.

AB - Mobile data offloading can greatly decrease the load on and usage of current and future cellular data networks by exploiting opportunistic and frequent access to Wi-Fi connectivity. Unfortunately, Wi-Fi access from mobile devices can be difficult during typical work commutes, e.g., via trains or cars on highways. In this paper, we propose a new approach: to preload the mobile device with content that a user might be interested in, thereby avoiding the need for cellular data access. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by developing a supervised machine learning model that learns from user preferences for different types of content, and propensity to be guided by the user interface of the player, and predictively preload entire TV shows. Testing on a data set of nearly 3.9 million sessions from all over the U.K. to BBC TV shows, we find that predictive preloading can save over 71% of the mobile data for an average user.

KW - catch-up TV

KW - content delivery

KW - mobile prefetching

KW - predictive preloading

KW - supervised learning

KW - Video streaming

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983459611&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/JSAC.2016.2577298

DO - 10.1109/JSAC.2016.2577298

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84983459611

SN - 0733-8716

VL - 34

SP - 2091

EP - 2101

JO - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

JF - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

IS - 8

M1 - 7485863

ER -