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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Luca Buriano, Turin, IT;
Virginio Mario Costamagna, Turin, IT;
Pia Maria Maccario, Turin, IT;
Claudio Teisa, Turin, IT;
Luca Buriano, Turin, IT;
Virginio Mario Costamagna, Turin, IT;
Pia Maria Maccario, Turin, IT;
Claudio Teisa, Turin, IT;
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method for estimating a quality of experience of a user receiving an information content stream distributed through a telecommunications network, includes: collecting a plurality of measures of at least one characteristic parameter of the information content stream during the distribution thereof through a telecommunications network; deriving from the collected measures an abstract representation in terms of gaps in the information content stream, wherein a gap corresponds to a value of a collected measure below a predetermined threshold; determining a temporal distribution of the gaps in the information content stream; and calculating an index of perceived quality of experience based on the temporal distribution of the gaps in the information content stream, wherein the index of perceived quality is related in a non-linear way to the temporal distribution of the gaps.