Paul Farrow

Paul Farrow has worked on a wide range of research topics over a number of years, mainly focused around networking technology and video delivery. He is currently working as a Video Networking Research Manager within BT Research and Network Strategy.
Paul was awarded a BSc. degree with first-class honours in Computer Science from Essex University in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2016, achieving many academic awards along the way. His thesis was titled “Optimising networks for ultra-high definition video”, which identified novel ways to distribute high bitrate live video content by optimising transcoding resources and migrating streams with SDN technology.
Paul has recently been focusing on innovative ways to improve and optimise the delivery of media services over the Internet, including how to make low latency technology such as LL-DASH and LL-HLS more resilient in challenging network environments. He is currently leading a research project with the remit of how to achieve a high quality low latency video service at scale, with the goal to replicate an over-air broadcast experience on the Internet. This project is currently attempting to leverage QUIC to deliver data more reliably, as well as moving the ABR mechanism to the server side where transport layer information can be used to improve bitrate selection. He has also been involved with the development of BT’s multicast ABR solution, with the intention to identify how these work areas could be combined.
In addition to authoring several technical papers during his career, he has also filed numerous patents in the media delivery field.