VVoIP Quality Improvement Over IMS Network based on background subtraction

Abstract

The dependence on making Voice and Video over Internet Protocol (VVoIP) calls has increased dramatically in recent times. The use of VVoIP applications is not limited to social applications only but extended to business applications. The improvement of VVoIP call quality is one of the most important factors that enhance the spread of VVoIP services. In many cases, the high network traffic prevents the possibility of sending high data rate live video streams as sending high data rate live stream over high-traffic networks causes an increase in the data loss rate.In this paper, the codec switching techniques used to improve the quality under live networks with high traffic are discussed. In addition, A technique based on background subtraction to improve the quality of VVoIP calls using Python code to detect the moving pixels (foreground) and subtract them from the frame to discard the background is proposed.The proposed technique was tested on large scale live network. The tested parameters impacting the Quality of Service (QoS) were packet loss and delay variation (Jitter). The study based on the comparison of packet loss and Jitter for the three common resolutions 480P, 720P and, 1080P over high traffic network without using background subtraction vs. using background subtraction. The results showed a significant improvement in different rates for each resolution and network condition.