Architecture of a PVR appliance with ´long-tail´ Internet-TV capabilities

Author

Callaly, F. ; Corcoran, P.

Author_Institution

Consumer Electron. Res. Group, NUI, Galway, Ireland

Volume

52

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

454

Lastpage

459

Abstract

The design and implementation of a networked PVR appliance incorporating support for Internet-TV is described. The appliance incorporates support for the bittorrent protocol and employs user tools for content location, management and scheduling which encourage background downloading of content and it is particularly suited for "long-tail" content distribution applications. The standard bittorrent algorithm has been modified to allow client bandwidth and content storage to be managed from a central content server. With this modified protocol each PVR can function as a combined broadcast and storage node in an Internet-wide distribution system.

Keywords

Internet; content management; digital television; home computing; protocols; video recording; Internet-TV; Internet-wide distribution system; PVR appliance; background downloading; bittorrent protocol; central content server; client bandwidth; content location; content management; content scheduling; content storage; long-tail content distribution; Bandwidth; Consumer electronics; Content management; Digital video broadcasting; Home appliances; IP networks; Internet; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2006.1649664

Filename

1649664