Title :
Fast-forward functions on parallel video servers
Author :
Ding, Zhiyong ; Lin, Chow-Sing ; Wu, Min-You
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
To implement a feasible parallel Video-on-Demand (VoD) server the first task is to build a schedule table for each new incoming client request. The table is then updated with time and/or requests are rescheduled as any client changes its play mode. We present an algorithm used to build a schedule table to accommodate interactive operations, especially fast-forward operations. Any client´s request can be classified to a particular group according to its playout speed requirement and then scheduled to the corresponding time slots of that group
Keywords :
multimedia communication; processor scheduling; video on demand; video servers; Video-on-Demand; fast-forward functions; interactive operations; parallel video servers; playout speed requirement; schedule table; time slots of that group; Communications technology; Computer science; Information retrieval; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Partitioning algorithms; Processor scheduling; Scheduling algorithm; Switches; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo, 2000. ICME 2000. 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6536-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICME.2000.871046
