YouTube traffic characterization: A view from the edge

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 15-28

  Gill, Phillipa ^a   Arlitt, Martin ^a,b   Li, Zongpeng ^a   Mahanti, Anirban ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Multimedia; Web 2.0; YouTube

Indexed keywords

METADATA; SEMICONDUCTING INTERMETALLICS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; END USER EXPERIENCE; INTERNET MEASUREMENTS; MEDIA STREAMING; NETWORK BANDWIDTHS; SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAFFIC CHARACTERIZATION; USAGE PATTERNS; VIDEO SHARING; WEB 2.0; WEB CACHING; WORKLOAD CHARACTERISTICS; YOUTUBE;

INTERNET;

EID: 42149139043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1298306.1298310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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