Title :
Towards scalable VoD distribution on the Internet
Author_Institution :
Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
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;
Conference_Titel :
Performance, Computing, and Communications, 2001. IEEE International Conference on.
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7001-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCCC.2001.918637
