On the design of prefetching strategies in a peer-driven video on-demand system

Yanming Shen, Zhengye Liu, Shivendra Panwar, Keith Ross, Yao Wang

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine the prefetching strategies in a peer-driven video on-demand system. In our design, each video is encoded into multiple low bit-rate substreams and copies of the substreams are distributed to the participating peers. When a peer streams in a substream of rate r, it instead streams at rate r̂ where r̂ > r. In this manner, if one of the peer's suppliers disconnects, the client peer can tap the reservoir of prefetched bits while searching for a replacement server, thereby avoiding any glitches or reduced visual quality. We examine how to assign prefetching rates to each of substreams as a function of their importance. Our studies show that appropriate prefetching strategies can bring significant performance improvements for both multiple description and layered videos.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
Pages817-820
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: Jul 9 2006Jul 12 2006

Publication series

Name2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006 - Proceedings
Volume2006

Other

Other2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2006
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period7/9/067/12/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Media Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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