A scalable video-on-demand system using multi-batch buffering techniques

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-191

  Choi, Cyrus C Y ^a   Hamdi, Mounir ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Multicast; Performance evaluation; Slip and merge; Video on Demand

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MULTICASTING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BUFFERING TECHNIQUES;

VIDEO ON DEMAND;

EID: 0038155142     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2003.813435     Document Type: Article

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