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Auction-Based On-Demand P2P Min-Cost Media Streaming with Network Coding
December 2009 (vol. 20 no. 12)
pp. 1816-1829
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Xiaowen Chu, Kaiyong Zhao, Zongpeng Li, Anirban Mahanti, "Auction-Based On-Demand P2P Min-Cost Media Streaming with Network Coding," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1816-1829, December, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TPDS.2009.40,
author = {Xiaowen Chu and Kaiyong Zhao and Zongpeng Li and Anirban Mahanti},
title = {Auction-Based On-Demand P2P Min-Cost Media Streaming with Network Coding},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems},
volume = {20},
number = {12},
issn = {1045-9219},
year = {2009},
pages = {1816-1829},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPDS.2009.40},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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EPD - 1816-1829
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A1 - Kaiyong Zhao,
A1 - Zongpeng Li,
A1 - Anirban Mahanti,
PY - 2009
KW - Communication/networking and information technology
KW - computer systems organization. multicast
KW - Internet working
KW - design studies
KW - performance of systems
KW - media streaming
KW - overlay networks
KW - auction algorithms.
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JA - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
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Xiaowen Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Kaiyong Zhao, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Zongpeng Li, University of Calgary, Calgary
Anirban Mahanti, NICTA, Sydney
Realizing on-demand media streaming in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) fashion is more challenging than in the case of live media streaming, since only peers with close-by media play progresses may help each other in obtaining the media content. The situation is further complicated if we wish to pursue low aggregated link cost in the transmission. In this paper, we present a new algorithmic perspective toward on-demand P2P streaming protocol design. While previous approaches employ streaming trees or passive neighbor reconciliation for media content distribution, we instead coordinate the streaming session as an auction where each peer participates locally by bidding for and selling media flows encoded with network coding. We show that this auction approach is promising in achieving low-cost on-demand streaming in a scalable fashion. It is amenable to asynchronous, distributed, and lightweight implementations, and is flexible to provide support for random-seek and pause functionalities. Through extensive simulation studies, we verify the effectiveness and performance of the proposed auction approach, focusing on the optimality in overall streaming cost, the convergence speed, and the communication overhead.

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Index Terms:
Communication/networking and information technology, computer systems organization. multicast, Internet working, design studies, performance of systems, media streaming, overlay networks, auction algorithms.
Citation:
Xiaowen Chu, Kaiyong Zhao, Zongpeng Li, Anirban Mahanti, "Auction-Based On-Demand P2P Min-Cost Media Streaming with Network Coding," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1816-1829, Dec. 2009, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2009.40
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