arXiv · 2606.26368
An Evaluation of ABR Switching for Time-Shifted Clients in MoQ
Abstract
Media over QUIC enables ultra low latency video streaming over QUIC, but its default quality-switching semantics risk introducing playback gaps during periods of network congestion. The in-progress SWITCH specification for MOQ Transport aims to streamline rate adaptation for MoQ. In this work, we characterize the performance of SWITCH-style Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) for both live and time-shifted clients in a Mininet simulated topology. We validate that standard ABR algorithms can be directly applied to time-shifted playback without modification, yielding substantially higher throughput. We demonstrate that a subscriber can experience increased overall throughput after a rebuffering scenario, and we identify focal points for further optimizations of MoQ ABR switching.
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Abanisenioluwa Orojo, Tanvir Redoy, Samira Afzal, Andrew C. Freeman. 2026-06-24. An Evaluation of ABR Switching for Time-Shifted Clients in MoQ. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26368
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