Note
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Member of
Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1994
Description
This thesis presents a survey of multimedia networks and the techniques to improve the capacity of video on demand systems. A survey was conducted and comparative evaluation was done to determine the multimedia capabilities of various networks. Video on demand is an electronic video rental system in which clients request and play videos on-demand. Video on-demand system can be implemented over an existing cable TV network or an upgraded ADSL network. The two techniques used to improve the capacity of video on-demand systems are segmentation and multicasting. Segmentation consists of dividing the video into several fixed length segments, and then transmitting the segments at regular intervals instead of transmitting the video continuously. With multicasting, more than one user requesting the same video are served by a single video stream. Multicasting further assumes that each subscriber has a limited storage space, so same video segments can be multicast to subscribers simultaneously even if the requests for a video are not synchronous.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
87 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
15112
Additional Information
College of Engineering and Computer Science
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.
Date Backup
1994
Date Text
1994
Date Issued (EDTF)
1994
Extension
FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT15112
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: College of Engineering and Computer Science
Person Preferred Name
Kalva, Hari.
Graduate College
Physical Description
87 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
Techniques for improving the capacity of video on demand systems
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Origin Information
1994
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
Techniques for improving the capacity of video on demand systems
Other Title Info
Techniques for improving the capacity of video on demand systems