An efficient periodic broadcast technique for digital video libraries

    Authors

    K. A. Hua;S. Sheu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Multimed. Tools Appl.

    Keywords

    digital library; scheduling; network communication; cache; network I/O; DEMAND SERVICE; SYSTEMS; SERVER; Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Software; Engineering; Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Engineering, Electrical; & Electronic

    Abstract

    We investigate a novel multicast technique, called Skyscraper Broadcasting (SB), for digital-video-library applications. We discuss the data fragmentation technique, the broadcasting strategy, and the client design. We also show the correctness of our technique, and derive mathematical equations to analyze its storage requirement. To assess its performance, we compare it to the latest designs known as Pyramid Broadcasting (PB) and Permutation-Based Pyramid Broadcasting (PPB). Our study indicates that PB offers excellent access latency. However, it requires very large storage space and disk bandwidth at the receiving end. PPB is able to address these problems. However, this is accomplished at the expense of longer access latency and more complex synchronization. With SB, we are able to achieve the low latency of PB while using only 20% of the buffer space required by PPB.

    Journal Title

    Multimedia Tools and Applications

    Volume

    10

    Issue/Number

    2-3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    157

    Last Page

    177

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000085803500004

    ISSN

    1380-7501

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