Video placement and configuration of distributed video servers on cable TV networks

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-104

  Vassilakis, Constantinos ^a,b   Paterakis, Michael ^a,c,d,e   Triantafillou, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c IEEE   (Greece)

^d Greek Chamber of Professional Engineers   (Greece)

^e Greek Association of Electrical and Electronic Engineers   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distributed VOD systems; HFC distribution networks; Program placement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

VIDEO PLACEMENT;

SERVERS;

EID: 0009511032     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005300050153     Document Type: Article

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