Simulation of a Tele-Surgery process through a Live Video Streaming service, using Simu5G and Wowza


Authors

  • Héctor Fabio University of Cauca, Popayán, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8101-3764
  • Jose Luis Arciniegas Herrera University of Cauca
  • Valentina Muñoz Mayor University of Cauca
  • Javier Eduardo Rosas Ibarra University of Cauca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.25274

Keywords:

LVS, Telesurgery, 5G, Wowza, Simu5G, OBS, VLC, Bitrate

Abstract

Telematic services that require low latency for real-time applications and that make use of wireless mobile networks are increasingly popular. In the case of Tele-Surgery services that employ Live Video Streaming (LVS), latency times of the order of 1ms are needed. Given the difficulty of implementing real 5G test scenarios that enable this type of service to be characterized, this paper presents an emulation scenario that uses Simu5G to simulate the network, Wowza as a real video server, OBS Studio for transmission and VLC media player for content playback. This emulation scenario makes it possible to modify such parameters as bitrate, bandwidth, frequency and numerology index in order to evaluate different network configurations. By varying these parameters in a controlled way, packet losses are obtained for different bitrate values. The best quality video was obtained with a bitrate of 3000 Kbps.

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Author Biographies

Héctor Fabio, University of Cauca, Popayán, Colombia

is a Titular Professor and Researcher at the Electronic Engineering Program in the University of Quindio, Colombia. PhD in Telematic Engineering from the University of Cauca, Colombia (2020). From the University of Cauca, he received the degrees in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineer in 2000 and Masters in Electronics and Telecommunications in 2010. He made a doctoral research stay at the Polytechnic University of Cartagana UPCT in Cartagena Murcia (Spain) in 2018. He is the coordinator of the Telecommunications Research group (GITUQ) at University of Quindıo. Areas of interest: wireless comunications, radiant systems and propagation, modeling of traffic of telematic services, Quality of Service (QoS)/Quality of user Experience (QoE).

Jose Luis Arciniegas Herrera , University of Cauca

received the degree in telecommunications and electronic engineering from the University of Cauca, Colombia (1997), and the Ph.D. degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (2006). He is a Full Professor with the Department of Telematics, University of Cauca, Colombia. He is a senior researcher in Colciencias score. His current research interests are in the area of services and application using interactive video and multimedia, software architectures, quality of software, Quality of Experience and software process improvement.

Valentina Muñoz Mayor, University of Cauca

received the degree in telecommunications and electronic engineering in 2022 from the University of Cauca, Colombia. She is interested in fields of programming, mainly in the area of web design.

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Published

2023-12-15

How to Cite

Héctor Fabio, Arciniegas Herrera , J. L. ., Muñoz Mayor, V. ., & Rosas Ibarra , J. E. (2023). Simulation of a Tele-Surgery process through a Live Video Streaming service, using Simu5G and Wowza. Scientia Et Technica, 28(04), 208–215. https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.25274

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Vol. 28 No. 04 (2023): Octubre-Diciembre

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Sistemas y Computación

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