A network co-processor-based approach to scalable media streaming in servers

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 125-134

  Krishnamurthy, R ^a   Schwan, K ^a   West, R ^a   Rosu M C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Hardware; Network interfaces; Network servers; Processor scheduling; Runtime; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HARDWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; SERVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

COMMODITY HARDWARE; EMBEDDED CONSTRUCTIONS; NETWORK SERVER; PROCESSOR SCHEDULING; RUNTIMES; SCALABLE MEDIA STREAMING; STREAMING MEDIA; VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION;

MEDIA STREAMING;

EID: 0012577743     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.2000.876091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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