Table Of ContentT-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services
Falk Ralph Schiffner
Dimension-Based
Quality Analysis
and Prediction
for Videotelephony
T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services
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SebastianMöller,QualityandUsabilityLab,TechnischeUniversitätBerlin,Berlin,
Germany
Axel Küpper, Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin, Germany
Alexander Raake, Audiovisual Technology Group, Technische Universität
Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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Declaration
Hiermiterkläreich,FalkRalphSchiffner,anEidesstattgegenüberderTechnischen
UniversitätBerlin,dassdievorliegende,dieserErklärungnachstehende,Arbeitmit
dem Titel
Dimension-Based Quality Analysis and Prediction for Videotelephony
selbstständig und nur unter Zuhilfenahme der im Literaturverzeichnis genannten
Quellen und Hilfsmittel angefertigt wurde. Alle Stellen der Arbeit, die anderen
Werken dem Wortlaut oder dem Sinn nach entnommen wurden, sind kenntlich
gemacht. Ich reiche die Arbeit erstmals als Prüfungsleistung ein.
Berlin, Germany
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Acknowledgments
“Thehumanmind...doesn’tcarewhatweplant,
—successorfailure...,
butwhatweplant,itwillreturntous.”
—EarlNightingale
My gratitude goes to my supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Möller. His constant
support has been of undeniable value during all the years at the Quality and
Usability Lab. As a mentor guiding my work and career, he pushed my scientific
venturestoahigherlevel.Inthiscontext,Iwouldliketothankhimforintroducing
me to the work of the ITU-T Study Group 12 and the chance to participate in the
standardization process. I am particularly grateful to Prof. Dr. Matthias Hirth and
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Reiter for reviewing my thesis.
My acknowledgment also goes to my colleagues, who provided a friendly and
uniquely cooperative workplace. It was always a pleasure to work with you all.
Special thanks go to my “seat neighbors” Gabriel(s), for the excellent time spent
nexttoeachother,andforansweringthe1000littlequestions.Iwouldalsoliketo
thank Steven Schmidt and Saman Zadtootaghaj for their enriching contribution.
IamalsoverygratefultoRobertGreinacherandDavidMärz,fortheirremarkable
support,especiallywithteaching.AbigthankyoualsogoestoArneKuhleforhis
help and work, especially in the quality prediction process.
Not to forget, my sincere gratitude goes to Irene Hube-Achter and Yasmin
Hillebrenner for their administrative support for my research and teaching.
Finally, and most importantly, I genuinely thank my wife Christin and my
children Heidelind and Thore. Standing by me in moments of doubt, they are the
main drivers for my motivation.
To all the students who try to get a doctoral degree, “do not stop and keep
walking,” you will reach the finish line.
Berlin, Germany Falk Ralph Schiffner
August 2020
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Publications
“Youcannotbuildareputationon
thingsyou’regoingtodo.”
—HenryFord
Parts of this Dissertation have already appeared previously partly in the following
publication:
[1] Schiffner, F. and Bondarenko, V. and Möller, S. “Investigation of Video
Quality Dimensions for different Video Content.” In: The 20th IEEE
International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). electronic. IEEE,
TWN-Taichung, 2018.
[2] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. and Köster, F. Perceptual Dimensions of Video
Quality in the Context of Video-Telephony: Methodology, Experiments,
Analysis. ITU-T Study Group 12—Contribution C.95. International
Telecommunication Union—Telecommunication Standardization Sector,
CH-Geneva, 2017.
[3] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. “Audio-Visuelle Qualität: Zum Einfluss des
Audiokanals auf die Videoqualitäts- und Gesamtqualitätsbewertung.”
German. In: 42. Jahrestag für Akusitk (DAGA). GER-Aachen: Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA e.V.), 2016.
[4] Schiffner,F.andMöller,S.“DivingIntoPerceptualSpace:QualityRelevant
Dimensions for Video Telephony.” In: 2016 8th International Conference
on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2016). PO-Lisbon: IEEE—
Signal Processing Society, 2016.
[5] Schiffner,F.andMöller,S.“DefiningtheRelevantPerceptualQualitySpace
for Video and Video Telephony.” In: 2017 9th International Conference on
Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2017). GER-Erfurt: IEEE—
Signal Processing Society, 2017.
[6] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. “Direct Scaling & Quality Prediction for per-
ceptualVideoQualityDimensions.”In:201810thInternationalConference
on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2018). IT-Sardinia: IEEE—
Signal Processing Society, 2018.
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[7] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. Investigation of Video Quality Dimensions for
different Video Content. ITU-T Study Group 12—Contribution C.292.
International Telecommunication Union—Telecommunication
Standardization Sector, CHGeneva, 2018.
[8] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. Proposal for a Draft New Recommendation on
Dimensions-based Subjective Quality Evaluation for Video Content. ITU-T
Study Group 12—Contribution C.291. International Telecommunication
Union—Telecommunication Standardization Sector, CH-Geneva, 2018.
[9] Schiffner,F.andMöller,S.DimensionMeasurementofthePerceptualVideo
Quality Space. ITU-T Study Group 12—Contribution C.439. International
Telecommunication Union—Telecommunication Standardization Sector,
CH-Geneva, 2019.
[10] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. “Perzeptive Audio- Qualitätsdimensionen im
audiovisuellen Kontext.” In: 45. Jahrestag für Akusitk (DAGA). another
medium. GERRostock: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA e.V.),
2019.
[11] Schiffner, F. and Möller, S. Quality Modelling of Audio, Video and
OverallQualityUsingPerceptualQualityDimensionsinaVideoTelephony
Context. ITU-T Study Group 12—Contribution C.362. International
Telecommunication Union—Telecommunication Standardization Sector,
CH-Geneva, 2019.
In [2–11], all the main work was done by myself. This includes designing the
experiments, processing of the test material, setting up required technical systems,
conductingtheexperiments,analyzingthedata,andwritingthepublication.In[1],I
took part in designing the experiment, conducting of the test, partially in the data
analysis and wrote mainly the publication.
