Streaming 8K Video over Millimeter Wave Networks: An Experimental Demonstrator

Hemanth Kumar Ravuri, Jakob Struye, Maria Torres Vega, Jeroen van der Hooft, Jeroen Famaey, Tim Wauters, Filip De Turck

Abstract: Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication technology is expected to enable ultra-high speed and ultra-low latency communications owing to the availability of high-capacity bands at a frequency range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz. Despite its abundant resources, it is prone to signal attenuation due to blockage and mobility. So far, evaluations of first generation mmWave hardware are limited to lower-layer metrics. In this demonstrator, we propose to evaluate the multimedia application performance while using commercial off-the-shelf routers, using an 8K video streaming scenario. To achieve this, this paper introduces a mmWave testbed which incorporates mobility and blockage while streaming the video. In addition, it provides a detailed description of the steps involved in the deployment of experiments and analysis of the results.