An Overview of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) applications over Information-Centric Networking (ICN)

ICN has received a lot of consideration in recent years, and is a likely approach for the Future Internet design. As multimedia is the dominating traffic, it is vital to study this type of data transmission in the context of ICN. In particular, the adaptive streaming of multimedia content is a promising approach for treatment within ICN. The client has full control over the streaming session. This enables the possibility of adapting the multimedia stream to its context (e.g. network conditions, device capabilities, user-QoE (Quality of Service)). These objectives are well matched with the standards accepted by ICN. In this article we investigate dynamic adaptive video streaming over HTTP (DASH) over networks adopting the ICN approach. In particular, we focus on seven main applications: (1) Mobile, (2) SVC-based (Scalable Video Coding), (3) Named Data Networking (NDN), (4) Vehicular Networks, (5) 5G systems, (6) Internet of Things (IoTs), and (7) Security.