Title :
XCAP: a multistream routing algorithm for multimedia traffic
Author :
Simon, Robert ; Znati, Taieb ; Sclabassi, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents XCAP, a distributed multimedia routing algorithm. XCAP uses current network utilization measurements and a stochastic hillclimbing algorithm to produce routing assignments which maximize the ability of the network to support new connection requests
Keywords :
distributed algorithms; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; stochastic processes; XCAP; connection requests; distributed multimedia routing algorithm; multimedia traffic; multistream routing algorithm; network utilization measurements; routing assignments; stochastic hillclimbing algorithm; Delay effects; Distributed computing; Intserv networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Routing; Streaming media; Surges; Telecommunication traffic; Teleconferencing;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hiroshima
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7438-5
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1996.534961
