NDLI: Thin to win? Network performance analysis of the OnLive thin client game system

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Claypool, M. Finkel, D. Grant, A. Solano, M.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Computer Science and Interactive Media & Game Development, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA 01609, USA (Claypool, M.; Finkel, D.; Grant, A.; Solano, M.)
Abstract	The growth in network bitrates and server-based processing has provided a renewed opportunity for thin client games, where the server does heavy-weight computations, sending only the visual game frames to the client, and the client displays frames, sending only the user actions to the server. Understanding the traffic characteristics of thin client games is important for building traffic models and classifiers and planning network infrastructures to meet future demand. This paper provides the first detailed study of the network characteristics of OnLive, a commercially available thin client game system. Carefully designed experiments measure OnLive game traffic for several game genres, analyzing the bitrates, packet sizes and inter-packet times for both upstream and downstream game traffic, with comparisons to traditional game clients and streaming video. Results indicate OnLive rapidly sends large packets downstream, similar but still significantly different than live video. OnLive less frequently sends much smaller packets upstream, significantly different than traditional game client traffic. The results should be a useful beginning for building effective traffic models and classifiers, and for preparing end-host networks to support this upcoming generation of computer games.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	449698
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467345767
ISSN	21568146
e-ISBN	9781467345781
e-ISBN	9781467345774
DOI	10.1109/NetGames.2012.6404013
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-11-22
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computers Bit rate Buildings Games Streaming media Servers YouTube
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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