Proxy caching algorithms and implementation for time-shifted TV services

European Transactions on Telecommunications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-122

  Wauters, Tim ^a   Van De Meerssche, Wim ^a   Backx, Peter ^a   De Turek, Filip ^a   Dhoedt, Bart ^a   Demeester, Piet ^a   Van Caenegem, Tom ^b   Six, Erwin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; VIDEO ON DEMAND; VIDEO STREAMING;

CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS (CDNS);

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 40749106171     PISSN: 1124318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.1181     Document Type: Article

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