  Multimedia streaming over HTTP is no longer a niche research topic as it has
entered our daily live. The common assumption is that it is deployed on top of
the existing infrastructure utilizing application (HTTP) and transport (TCP)
layer protocols as is. Interestingly, standards like MPEG's Dynamic Adaptive
Streaming over HTTP (DASH) do not mandate the usage of any specific transport
protocol allowing for sufficient deployment flexibility which is further
supported by emerging developments within both protocol layers. This paper
investigates and evaluates the usage of advanced transport options for the
dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP. We utilize a common test setup to
evaluate HTTP/2.0 and Google's Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) protocol
in the context of DASH-based services.
