Title :
Video Streaming on the Internet Using Split and Merge Multicast
Author :
Kulkarni, Santosh
Author_Institution :
Victorian Res. Lab., Nat. ICT Australia
Abstract :
Application-level multicast overcomes the problems linked with IP-multicast and provides an effective mechanism to support media streaming. One key problem associated with this approach is the restriction on the content that can be distributed because the upstream capacity of the peers is utilized to forward content to other peers. As the upstream capacity of most peers is restricted, Webcasting high-bandwidth content is a continuing problem with traditional application-level multicasting techniques. Split and merge multicast provides a solution to this problem. This paper presents the results of a large-scale field trial of the technology
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; bandwidth allocation; media streaming; multicast communication; peer-to-peer computing; video streaming; IP-multicast; Internet; Webcasting; application-level multicasting; media streaming; merge multicast; split multicast; upstream capacity; video streaming; Australia; Availability; Bandwidth; Internet; Multicast algorithms; Multicast protocols; Peer to peer computing; Scalability; Streaming media; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2006. P2P 2006. Sixth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2679-9
DOI :
10.1109/P2P.2006.47
