Device-oriented energy-ware utility-based priority scheduler for video atreaming over LTE system

peer-reviewedNowadays people tend to spend most of their time in front of a screen, and expect to be able to connect to the Internet anytime and anywhere and from any type of mobile device. Therefore, fast surfing speed on Internet, high resolution display screen, advanced multi-core processor and lasting battery support are becoming the significant standards in the nowadays mobile devices. In this context the network operators must be able to differentiate between their multiscreen offerings in order to ensure uninterrupted, continuous, and smooth video streaming with minimal delay, jitter, and packet loss. This paper proposes a novel Device-Oriented Energy-Aware Utility-based Priority scheduling (DE-UPS) algorithm which makes use of device differentiation in order to ensure seamless multimedia services over LTE networks. The priority decision is based on the device classification, energy consumption of the mobile device and the multimedia stream tolerance to packet loss rati