Issues in storage and retrieval of multimedia data
Multimedia Systems - Special issue on multimedia database systems
On the design of a low-cost video-on-demand storage system
Multimedia Systems
Dynamic batching policies for an on-demand video server
Multimedia Systems
Efficient Broadcasting Protocols for Video on Demand
MASCOTS '98 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
Fast broadcasting for hot video access
RTCSA '97 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
Interleaving harmonic broadcasting and receiving scheme with loss-anticipation delivery
ISCC '04 Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Computers and Communications 2004 Volume 2 (ISCC"04) - Volume 02
Staircase data broadcasting and receiving scheme for hot video service
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Enhanced harmonic data broadcasting and receiving scheme for popular video service
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
The use of multicast delivery to provide a scalable and interactive video-on-demand service
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Broadcasting scheme with low client buffers and bandwidths for video-on-demand applications
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Adjustable interleaving staircase-harmonic broadcasting scheme for highly-demanded videos
MUSP'06 Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS international conference on Multimedia systems & signal processing
A live harmonic broadcasting scheme for VBR-Encoded hot videos
WWIC'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications
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One way to broadcast a popular video is to partition the video into segments, which are broadcasted on several streams periodically. The approach lets multiple users share streams; thus, the stress on the scarce bandwidth can be alleviated without sacrificing viewers' waiting time. One representative approach is the Staircase Broadcasting (SB) scheme, which requires buffering only 25% of a playing video. However, the scheme mainly supports transmission of CBR-encoded videos. In this paper, we proposed a simple VBR staircase broadcasting (SVSB) scheme, which can distribute VBR-encoded videos with small buffers. The idea behind the scheme is asynchronous downloading and playing, and hybrid division by length and size. It is simple and effective. We also applied the design to several segmented broadcasting schemes, such as the harmonic-based broadcasting, and the recursive frequency-splitting (RFS) schemes, to enable them to support VBR videos. A simulation was conducted to evaluate the schemes. The results indicated that the SVSB scheme still outperforms on required buffers, and disk transfer rate at client end. The harmonic broadcasting scheme with VBR support consumes the least bandwidth.