Abstract:
Peer-to-peer based multimedia delivery is becoming increasingly more important in today's networks. Using a peer- to-peer network to assist video streaming is a topic of ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Peer-to-peer based multimedia delivery is becoming increasingly more important in today's networks. Using a peer- to-peer network to assist video streaming is a topic of considerable interest. In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid video downloading/streaming scheme (HDS) that efficiently integrates traditional client/server based video streaming and peer-to-peer based media distribution. Furthermore, we propose a receiver-driven algorithm to coordinate the downloading and streaming modes; and control the state transitions between these modes. We have performed real-world experiments and simulations to validate our concept. These results show that our proposed scheme greatly increases the availability of video content on the receiver side and simultaneously reduces the server load significantly.
Published in: 2003 International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. ICME '03. Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8698)
Date of Conference: 06-09 July 2003
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 18 August 2003
Print ISBN:0-7803-7965-9