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In this paper, we study how to distribute cache sizes into a tree structured server for transmitting video streams through videoon-demand (VoD) way. We use off-line smoothing for videos and our request rates are distributed according to a 24 hour audience curve. For this purpose we have designed a slotted-time bandwidth reservation algorithm, which has been used to simulate our experiments. Our system tests the quality of service (QoS) in terms of starting delay, and once a transmission has started, the system guarantees that it will be transmitted without any delay or quality loss. We tested it for a wide range of users (from 800 to 240 000) and also for a different number of available videos. We demonstrate that a tree structured system with uniform cache sizes performs better than the equivalent system with a proxy-like configuration. We also study delay distribution and bandwidth usage in our system on a representative case.
This study is partially supported by the CICYT under grant TEL99-0582 and Bancaixa under grant P1-1B2000-12.
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Segarra, J., Cholvi, V. (2001). Distribution of Video-on-Demand in Residential Networks. In: Shepherd, D., Finney, J., Mathy, L., Race, N. (eds) Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems. IDMS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2158. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44763-6_7
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