MUcast: Linear Uncoded Multiuser Video Streaming with Channel Assignment and Power Allocation Optimization

Multiuser video transmission, where the server transmits videos to multiple users that require different contents at the same time, becomes more and more popular with the development of wireless communication technology. One key problem in multiuser video transmission is how to optimally allocate system resources such as transmission power and channels to multiple users to achieve the best system performance. To resolve the problem, in this paper, we propose an uncoded multiuser video streaming system, which exploits diversities of video contents and channel conditions of multiple users. We first solve the channel assignment problem with known power allocation by taking into account the intra-block energy diffusion and inter-block energy aliasing. Then, with the obtained channel assignment, we derive a closed-form solution to the multiuser power allocation optimization problem. Finally, we conduct simulations to evaluate the proposed uncoded multiuser video streaming system by comparing with three other approaches, and the simulation results show that the proposed method can achieve the best system performance.