Title :
BASS: BitTorrent Assisted Streaming System for Video-on-Demand
Author :
Dana, Chris ; Li, Danjue ; Harrison, David ; Chuah, Chen-Nee
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Davis, CA
fDate :
Oct. 30 2005-Nov. 2 2005
Abstract :
This paper introduces a hybrid server/P2P streaming system called bittorrent-assisted streaming system (BASS) for large-scale video-on-demand (VoD) services. By distributing the load among P2P connections as well as maintaining active server connections, BASS can increase the system scalability while decreasing media playout wait times. To analyze the benefits of BASS, we examine torrent trace data collected in the first week of distribution for Fedora Core 3 and develop an empirical model of bittorrent client performance. Based on this, we run trace-based simulations to evaluate BASS and show that it is more scalable than current unicast solutions and can greatly decrease the average waiting time before playback
Keywords :
client-server systems; large-scale systems; multimedia servers; peer-to-peer computing; video on demand; video servers; video streaming; BASS; Fedora Core 3; P2P streaming system; VoD; bittorrent client performance; bittorrent-assisted streaming system; empirical model; hybrid server; large-scale video-on-demand service; system scalability; trace-based simulation; Analytical models; Large-scale systems; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Performance analysis; Scalability; Streaming media; System performance; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Signal Processing, 2005 IEEE 7th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9288-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9289-2
DOI :
10.1109/MMSP.2005.248586
