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Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97)
Video-on-Demand Server Efficiency through Stream Tapping
Las Vegas, NV
September 22-September 25
ISBN: 0-8186-8186-1
Steven W. Carter, University of California, Santa Cruz
Darrell D. E. Long, University of California, Santa Cruz
Efficiency is essential for Video-on-Demand (VOD) to be successful. Conventional VOD servers are inefficient; they dedicate a disk stream for each client, quickly using up all available streams. However, several systems have been proposed that allow clients to share streams. We present a new system called stream tapping that allows a client to greedily ``tap'' data from any stream on the VOD server containing video data the client can use. This is accomplished through the use of a small buffer on the client set-top box and requires less than 20% of the disk bandwidth used by conventional systems for popular videos. We present a description and analysis of the stream tapping system as well as comparisons between it and other efficiency-improving systems.
Citation:
Steven W. Carter, Darrell D. E. Long, "Video-on-Demand Server Efficiency through Stream Tapping," icccn, pp.200, Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97), 1997
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