International Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering (IJERCSE)

Enhancing Quality of Experience (QoE) in Cloud Gaming: A survey

Author : Sambhav Jain ¹ Pranav Batra ²

Date of Publication :10th September 2020

Abstract: Cloud gaming, in its purest form, renders game scenes on powerful remote game servers located at the data center. These scenes are then transmitted over the internet to the players, and the players use thin clients installed on their device to interact with the game. Since the early 2000s, Cloud Gaming has allured a vast majority of industry and academia, thereby giving it the required uplift, it deserves. In this paper, we have discussed numerous advantages this state-of-the-art technology provides and also revealed some of the critical challenges that are needed to be addressed for it to become successful. We have also examined issues related to bandwidth requirement and the delay caused by high latency. This paper is an attempt to improve Quality of Experience (QoE) to augment user satisfaction, enjoyment and needs during online gaming.

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