A scheduling scheme to enable fast-forward for continuous media data broadcasting

Due to the recent prevalence of digital broadcasting, various schemes for broadcasting continuous media data, such as music or movies, have been studied. However, most of these studies cannot enable fast-forward operations. That is, when a user fast-forwards data, the client cannot play the data continuously. We propose a scheme to enable fast-forward operations. Our proposed scheme, which is based on the CHB (cautious harmonic broadcasting) scheme, reduces the waiting time of clients under the condition that clients can play the data without interruptions until its end, even when a user fast-forwards it.