DocumentCode
3065355
Title
A dynamic heuristic broadcasting protocol for video-on-demand
Author
Carter, Scott R. ; Paris, Jehan-Francois ; Mohan, Saurabh ; Long, Darrell D E
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Houston Univ., TX, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
36982
Firstpage
657
Lastpage
664
Abstract
Most existing distribution protocols for video-on-demand are tailored for a specific range of video access rates and perform poorly beyond that range. We present a dynamic heuristic broadcasting protocol that performs as well as stream tapping with unlimited extra tapping at low video access rates and has the same average bandwidth requirements as the best existing broadcasting protocols at high video access rates. We also show how our protocol can handle compressed video and adapt itself to the individual bandwidth requirements of each video
Keywords
broadcasting; transport protocols; video on demand; adaptive protocol; bandwidth requirements; compressed video; distribution protocols; dynamic heuristic broadcasting protocol; performance; stream tapping; unlimited extra tapping; video access rates; video-on-demand; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Computer science; Multicast protocols; Multimedia communication; Proposals; Streaming media; Video compression; Video sharing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Distributed Computing Systems, 2001. 21st International Conference on.
Conference_Location
Mesa, AZ
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1077-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICDSC.2001.918996
Filename
918996
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