Performance evaluation of the deadline credit scheduling algorithm for soft-real-time applications in distributed video-on-demand systems

Cluster Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-75

  Alexandraki, Adamantia ^a   Paterakis, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distributed VoD systems; H.263; MPEG 4; Scheduling video applications; VCR like operations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

DEADLINE CREDIT ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED VOD SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING VIDEO APPLICATIONS; VCR LIKE OPERATIONS; VIDEO STREAMS;

VIDEO ON DEMAND;

EID: 13944282560     PISSN: 13867857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10586-004-4437-4     Document Type: Article

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