Estimating Environment-Independent Parameters on Basis of Comparative Assessment of User's Subjectivity

Yasuhiro SATO; Shin'ichiro KITANO; Shingo ATA; Ikuo OKA

doi:10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265

Estimating Environment-Independent Parameters on Basis of Comparative Assessment of User's Subjectivity

Yasuhiro SATO, Shin'ichiro KITANO, Shingo ATA, Ikuo OKA

Full Text Views

0

Share
Cite this

Summary :

We analyze subjective assessments by comparative evaluations of bulk data transmission by using two psychological methods (the method of successive categories and the constant method). From the results of the first experiment, the thresholds at which participants downloading a data file began to feel dissatisfaction with service degradation are 15.7 Mbps and 11.6 Mbps obtained by the two different methods when the throughput without the service degradation is approximately 22 Mbps. In the second experiment, we investigate the threshold of user satisfaction for various network environments. The threshold is 63% of the throughput of the user's usual network environment. Moreover, from the viewpoint of download time, users feel dissatisfaction with the quality when download time becomes 1.5 times longer. These values can be used to more effectively allocate network resources and thereby achieve higher service quality.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E94-B No.8 pp.2265-2273

Publication Date: 2011/08/01

Publicized

Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265

Type of Manuscript: PAPER

Category: Network

Cite this

Copy

Yasuhiro SATO, Shin'ichiro KITANO, Shingo ATA, Ikuo OKA, "Estimating Environment-Independent Parameters on Basis of Comparative Assessment of User's Subjectivity" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E94-B, no. 8, pp. 2265-2273, August 2011, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265.
Abstract: We analyze subjective assessments by comparative evaluations of bulk data transmission by using two psychological methods (the method of successive categories and the constant method). From the results of the first experiment, the thresholds at which participants downloading a data file began to feel dissatisfaction with service degradation are 15.7 Mbps and 11.6 Mbps obtained by the two different methods when the throughput without the service degradation is approximately 22 Mbps. In the second experiment, we investigate the threshold of user satisfaction for various network environments. The threshold is 63% of the throughput of the user's usual network environment. Moreover, from the viewpoint of download time, users feel dissatisfaction with the quality when download time becomes 1.5 times longer. These values can be used to more effectively allocate network resources and thereby achieve higher service quality.
URL: https://globals.ieice.org/en_transactions/communications/10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265/_p

Copy

@ARTICLE{e94-b_8_2265,
author={Yasuhiro SATO, Shin'ichiro KITANO, Shingo ATA, Ikuo OKA, },
journal={IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications},
title={Estimating Environment-Independent Parameters on Basis of Comparative Assessment of User's Subjectivity},
year={2011},
volume={E94-B},
number={8},
pages={2265-2273},
abstract={We analyze subjective assessments by comparative evaluations of bulk data transmission by using two psychological methods (the method of successive categories and the constant method). From the results of the first experiment, the thresholds at which participants downloading a data file began to feel dissatisfaction with service degradation are 15.7 Mbps and 11.6 Mbps obtained by the two different methods when the throughput without the service degradation is approximately 22 Mbps. In the second experiment, we investigate the threshold of user satisfaction for various network environments. The threshold is 63% of the throughput of the user's usual network environment. Moreover, from the viewpoint of download time, users feel dissatisfaction with the quality when download time becomes 1.5 times longer. These values can be used to more effectively allocate network resources and thereby achieve higher service quality.},
keywords={},
doi={10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265},
ISSN={1745-1345},
month={August},}

Copy

TY - JOUR
TI - Estimating Environment-Independent Parameters on Basis of Comparative Assessment of User's Subjectivity
T2 - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SP - 2265
EP - 2273
AU - Yasuhiro SATO
AU - Shin'ichiro KITANO
AU - Shingo ATA
AU - Ikuo OKA
PY - 2011
DO - 10.1587/transcom.E94.B.2265
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SN - 1745-1345
VL - E94-B
IS - 8
JA - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Y1 - August 2011
AB - We analyze subjective assessments by comparative evaluations of bulk data transmission by using two psychological methods (the method of successive categories and the constant method). From the results of the first experiment, the thresholds at which participants downloading a data file began to feel dissatisfaction with service degradation are 15.7 Mbps and 11.6 Mbps obtained by the two different methods when the throughput without the service degradation is approximately 22 Mbps. In the second experiment, we investigate the threshold of user satisfaction for various network environments. The threshold is 63% of the throughput of the user's usual network environment. Moreover, from the viewpoint of download time, users feel dissatisfaction with the quality when download time becomes 1.5 times longer. These values can be used to more effectively allocate network resources and thereby achieve higher service quality.
ER -