Distributed prefetching scheme for random seek support in peer-to-peer streaming applications
Proceedings of the ACM workshop on Advances in peer-to-peer multimedia streaming
P2P video-on-demand streaming using caching and reservation scheme based on video popularity
International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
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.