Statistical characterization of a real video on demand service: User behaviour and streaming-media workload analysis

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 672-689

  García, Roberto ^a   Pañeda, Xabiel G ^a   García, Victor ^a   Melendi, David ^a   Vilas, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multimedia streaming; Network traffic measurement; Video on demand; Workload characterization

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; USER INTERFACES;

MULTIMEDIA STREAMING; NETWORK TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT; USER BEHAVIOUR; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION; WORKLOAD GENERATORS;

VIDEO ON DEMAND;

EID: 34249340873     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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