Scalable Continuous Media Streaming Systems: Architecture, Design, Analysis and Implementation

Scalable Continuous Media Streaming Systems: Architecture, Design, Analysis and Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-374

  Lee, Jack Y B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1002/047001539X     Document Type: Book

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