An Experimental Platform for QoE Studies of WebRTC-based Multi-Party Video Communication

Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) enables easy to use, no installation, in browser applications such as Google hangout and appear.in. To increase the understanding of the Quality of Experience with the use of such applications for multiparty video communication requires an experimental platform where controlled studies can be conducted. This paper presents such a platform and a use case with a simple setup and test to demonstrate the features of this platform. Keywords—WebRTC, quality of experience (QoE), performance statistics, testbed

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