Decentralized periodic broadcasting for large-scale video streaming

Periodic broadcasting (PB) schemes are the most promising solution for building large-scale video streaming services. Existing PB schemes are all built around the traditional client-server model. This paper proposes a radically different architecture where only end-user hosts are used to build the P...

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Main Authors: To, K.K., Lee, J.Y.B., Chan, G.S.H.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Broadcasting
Computer networks
Large-scale systems
Multicast algorithms
Multimedia communication
Network servers
Peer to peer computing
Streaming media
Video sharing
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Summary:Periodic broadcasting (PB) schemes are the most promising solution for building large-scale video streaming services. Existing PB schemes are all built around the traditional client-server model. This paper proposes a radically different architecture where only end-user hosts are used to build the PB system, thereby eliminating the need for a central server or even a service provider. Two unique problems pertaining to this decentralized, peer-to-peer architecture is addressed: transmission scheduling and peer synchronization. A new decentralized synchronization algorithm is proposed and results obtained from simulations confirm the architecture's feasibility and performance.
ISSN:1945-7871
1945-788X
DOI:10.1109/ICME.2005.1521416