Title :
Comparing network designs for the provision of distributed home theatre services
Author :
Fonseca, Nelson L S ; Franco, Cristiune M R ; Schaffa, Frank
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Video services is both a major business driver and a bandwidth consumer for the future broadband integrated network. An understanding different video services requirements is of paramount importance for network design. We study the distributed home theatre (DHT), a video service which allows distributed users to debate a film. We compare different network designs for the provision of DHT services, and study the interplay between bandwidth reduction and program replication. We evaluate the impact of user distribution, and number of users per session on this interplay. Moreover, we analyze networks with both DHT and video on demand services
Keywords :
B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth compression; distributed processing; interactive video; network servers; teleconferencing; ATM; bandwidth; bandwidth reduction; broadband integrated network; distributed home theatre services; network design; program caching; program replication; server replication; user distribution; video conference; video on demand services; video service; video services; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Costs; Network servers; Streaming media; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Video on demand; Video sharing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4198-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.632593
