TCP video streaming and mobile networks: Not a love story, but better with context

This paper aims to rectify this lack of knowledge and understanding in a multi-pronged approach as follows: The first contribution provides an easy means to investigate such interactions with a streaming simulation framework built on ns-3. In a second contribution three exemplary scenarios within this framework are investigated in order to uncover the nature of such interactions. The final undertaking attempts to unravel the issues of the mobility scenario using context information. Such information can be collected through crowdsensing and collaboratively processed in a Big Data approach. This results in a tailor-made analytical solution through the formulation of a Mixed Integer Linear Program (MILP) that can prevent video stalling in this particular scenario.