iPeer TV: A P2P IPTV architecture with fast channel switching

Author

Manzato, Daniel A. G. ; da Fonseca, Nelson L. S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput., State Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 June 2013

Firstpage

3450

Lastpage

3455

Abstract

In spite of the increasing deployment of IPTV services, various functionalities still need to be improved. One of the main challenges is a reduction in startup delays, especially in channel switchings, a problem which is quite relevant in P2P IPTV systems. This paper evaluates the iPeer TV, a P2P IPTV architecture with fast channel switching. Our contribution is threefold. Firstly, we propose how our P2P IPTV architecture can be integrated with a previously evaluated channel switching scheme. Secondly, we propose a simple yet effective optimization for such scheme which is capable of improving the system performance. Thirdly, we provide an analysis of the minimum bandwidth requirements for the infrastructure layer of the architecture to ensure the best system performance.

Keywords

IPTV; optimisation; peer-to-peer computing; telecommunication switching; P2P IPTV architecture; bandwidth requirement; channel switching scheme; iPeer TV; infrastructure layer; optimization; startup delay reduction; Bandwidth; IPTV; Navigation; Optimization; Servers; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

ISSN

1550-3607

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2013.6655083

Filename

6655083