1st International ICST Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks

Research Article

Big videos on small networks - a hierarchical and distributed architecture for a video on demand distribution service

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MSAN.2005.1489934,
        author={Carlos Eduardo Coelho Freire  Batista and Tiago Lima  Salmito and  Luiz Eduardo Cunha Leite and Guido Lemos de  Souza Filho and Gl\"{e}dson Elias   da Silveira},
        title={Big videos on small networks - a hierarchical and distributed architecture for a video on demand distribution service},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={MSAN},
        year={2005},
        month={8},
        keywords={Multimedia VoD Distributed Systems Video Stream},
        doi={10.1109/MSAN.2005.1489934}
    }
    
  • Carlos Eduardo Coelho Freire Batista
    Tiago Lima Salmito
    Luiz Eduardo Cunha Leite
    Guido Lemos de Souza Filho
    Glêdson Elias da Silveira
    Year: 2005
    Big videos on small networks - a hierarchical and distributed architecture for a video on demand distribution service
    MSAN
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/MSAN.2005.1489934
Carlos Eduardo Coelho Freire Batista1,*, Tiago Lima Salmito1,*, Luiz Eduardo Cunha Leite1,*, Guido Lemos de Souza Filho1,*, Glêdson Elias da Silveira1,*
  • 1: LAVID – Digital Video Applications Lab, DI – UFPB João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
*Contact email: bidu@lavid.ufpb.br, tiago@lavid.ufpb.br, leduardo@lavid.ufpb.br, guido@lavid.ufpb.br, gledson@lavid.ufpb.br

Abstract

This paper proposes a hierarchical and distributed architecture for a video on demand distribution service. The service has been conceived to distribute video over a digital video network composed of servers interconnected by an IP network. Also, the service was designed to distribute video in a way that is independent of the video format and to interact with different types of clients. The experimental prototype has been tested over the Brazilian National Research Network’s (RNP) backbone, as part of the work of the RNP’s Digital Video Workgroup, showing the viability of distributing high quality video in environments with restricted bandwidth.