A hierarchical control protocol for group-oriented playbacks supported by content distribution networks

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-157

  Fortino, Giancarlo ^a   Mastroianni, Carlo ^b   Russo, Wilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaborative control protocols; Content distribution networks; Performance evaluation; Playback services

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; BLOCKING PROBABILITY; BROADCASTING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SERVERS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURES; CENTRALIZED SERVERS; COLLABORATIVE CONTROL PROTOCOLS; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE CONTROL PROTOCOLS; EVENT SIMULATIONS; HIERARCHICAL CONTROLS; MEDIA STREAMING SERVICES; MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS; NETWORK LOADS; ON DEMANDS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PLAYBACK SERVICES; SERVER LOADS; STREAMING SESSIONS; TV BROADCASTS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 55949122955     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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