On-Demand Media Streaming Over the Internet
Author
Mohamed M. Hefeeda, Bharat K. Bhargava, and David K. Y. Yau
Tech report number
CERIAS TR 2002-20
Abstract
Whether the server entity is centralized or distributed over a set of
delegates (caches/proxies), the client/server paradigm
for media streaming services stresses the server to the limit by having
it serving each and every client in the system. Such a paradigm dictates
an enormous---and likely unattainable---investment in deploying numerous
caches/proxies in order to provide media services to large Internet-scale
customers.
We envision a cooperative peer-to-peer paradigm as a potential solution
for such a fundamental problem.
We propose a novel peer-to-peer media distribution model
that scales well to a large number of clients with a modest overall
system cost. We describe the advantages as well as the challenges facing
the proposed model. We present the details of the model including: how
the overall system is initially formed, how the system evolves
as more peers join, and how peers help each other to
provide the streaming service.
We evaluate various aspects of the proposed model through an extensive
simulation study.
Booktitle
Submitted for review
Institution
Purdue University
Publisher
Submitted for review
Affiliation
CERIAS and Department of Computer Sciences
Publication Date
0000-00-00
Contents
Introduction
P2P Model for Media Streaming
P2P Streaming Protocol
Architecture
Evaluation
Related Work
Conclusion
Keywords
Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming
Subject
Peer-to-Peer Networks and Media streaming