Optimizing channel allocation in a unified video-on-demand system

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 921-933

  Lee, Jack Y B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Channel allocation; NVoD; Performance analysis; TVoD; Unified architecture; UVoD; Video on demand

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; SERVERS;

CHANNEL ALLOCATION;

VIDEO ON DEMAND;

EID: 0036817530     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2002.804890     Document Type: Article

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