TY - GEN
T1 - An efficient scheme for chaining with client-centric buffer reservation for multi-media streaming
AU - Schultz, J. J.
AU - Znati, T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 IEEE.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper proposes a "chaining" based media content delivery algorithm which supports "VCR operations". The proposed algorithm explicitly balances the client-side requirements to support the VCR functionalities, while preserving the advantages of using the client playback device as a proxy video server, as specified in the original chaining algorithm. The paper also investigates the effect of supporting VCR operations on the performance of the proposed scheme and the impact these operations have on chaining. To this end, a study to assess the performance of the proposed algorithm, within this framework, is conducted. The results show that, for a small community of clients, increasing user activity, in terms of VCR operations performed during stream delivery, have detrimental effects on primary bandwidth reduction. Furthermore, the results show that a limited subset of VCR operations appears to boost the effectiveness of chaining. Introducing a full range of VCR functionalities, however, lead to a decrease in the amount of primary server bandwidth reduction, thereby indicating an apparent interplay between the number of clients viewing a video and the range of VCR operations supported.
AB - This paper proposes a "chaining" based media content delivery algorithm which supports "VCR operations". The proposed algorithm explicitly balances the client-side requirements to support the VCR functionalities, while preserving the advantages of using the client playback device as a proxy video server, as specified in the original chaining algorithm. The paper also investigates the effect of supporting VCR operations on the performance of the proposed scheme and the impact these operations have on chaining. To this end, a study to assess the performance of the proposed algorithm, within this framework, is conducted. The results show that, for a small community of clients, increasing user activity, in terms of VCR operations performed during stream delivery, have detrimental effects on primary bandwidth reduction. Furthermore, the results show that a limited subset of VCR operations appears to boost the effectiveness of chaining. Introducing a full range of VCR functionalities, however, lead to a decrease in the amount of primary server bandwidth reduction, thereby indicating an apparent interplay between the number of clients viewing a video and the range of VCR operations supported.
KW - Bandwidth
KW - Computer science
KW - Information science
KW - Intelligent networks
KW - Multicast algorithms
KW - Network servers
KW - Streaming media
KW - Video compression
KW - Video recording
KW - Web server
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U2 - 10.1109/SIMSYM.2003.1192795
DO - 10.1109/SIMSYM.2003.1192795
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44949122397
T3 - Proceedings - Simulation Symposium
SP - 31
EP - 38
BT - Proceedings - 36th Annual Simulation Symposium, ANSS 2003
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 36th Annual Simulation Symposium, ANSS 2003
Y2 - 30 March 2003 through 2 April 2003
ER -