Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

GENI Cinema:

A Software Defined Networking Based Live Video Streaming Service

Ryan Izard, Qing Wang, Benton Kribbs, Joe Porter, KC WangClemson University

Aditya Prakash, Parmesh RamanathanUniversity of Wisconsin

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 2March 25, 2015

What is GENI Cinema?

GENI Cinema is an open, live multi-viewpoint video streaming service over the Internet

• Viewpoint control in the hands of viewer

• SDN capabilities make this possible

Applications: Education, Sports, Entertainment, Surveillance, …

• For example, in educational setting– Multiple cameras capture and transmit an University lecture

– Students view the lectures live

– Students may independently select and switch between viewpoints

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 3March 25, 2015

GENI Cinema Architecture

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 4March 25, 2015

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