Towards scalable VoD distribution on the Internet

Author

Nikolaidis, I.

Author_Institution

Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

fYear

2001

fDate

36982

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

76

Abstract

Recent advances in the construction of broadcast schedules allow the bandwidth-efficient distribution of Variable Bit Rate (VBR) encoded video. Furthermore, most users are no longer severely limited by their local storage requirements, but are still limited in terms of available bandwidth. We examine an architecture that allows scalable video-on-demand (VoD) delivery, given bandwidth restrictions along the path from the distribution (video server) point to the user access point. We assume the use of a reservation scheme, such as RSVP, and we describe how a protocol based on a VoD broadcast algorithms can be deployed over a reservation- and multicast-capable Internet

Keywords

Internet; multicast communication; protocols; telesoftware; variable rate codes; video coding; video on demand; Internet; RSVP; Variable Bit Rate encoded video; VoD broadcast algorithms; bandwidth restrictions; bandwidth-efficient distribution; broadcast schedules; local storage requirements; multicast-capable Internet; reservation scheme; scalable VoD distribution; scalable video-on-demand delivery; user access point; video server; Bandwidth; Decoding; Distributed computing; Internet; Multimedia communication; Processor scheduling; Satellite broadcasting; Streaming media; Video on demand; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Performance, Computing, and Communications, 2001. IEEE International Conference on.

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7001-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCCC.2001.918637

Filename

918637