Energy consumption comparison for mobile video streaming encryption algorithm

Video streaming services over the Internet are being widely used in mobile networks. Currently, service providers are relying more and more on securing data transferred between the service provider, namely the video streaming server, and the end user. However, securing video content includes at least the use of video encryption algorithm requiring processing and memory capabilities, provoking more delay and energy consumption. In any other context, energy consumption may not be a very important issue, but when using a mobile device, it will certainly become one. In this paper, we are dressing a comparison between different symmetric encryption algorithms, in terms of energy consumption, while decrypting and viewing a video stream on mobile device.