Networking research often relies on simulation in order to test and evaluate new ideas. An
important requirement of this process is that results must be reproducible so that other …

Recently, the extraordinary growth in the World Wide Web has been sweeping through
business and industry. Many companies have developed or integrated their mission-critical …

A Peer-to-peer (P2P) network system has proved to be a popular and efficient approach for
large-scale live video streaming and file sharing over the Internet. Such a system is always …

(57) ABSTRACT A virtual set-top box (VSTB) for executing a middleware component,
designed originally for use with the physical STB, including emulating hardware capabilities …

G06F 3/00(2006.01)(57) ABSTRACT HO) 4N 7/173(2011.01) A Dynamic Video Source
Selection (DVSS) component that HO4N 7/16(2011.01) can be implemented in a physical or …

This paper presents a systematic performance analysis of pull P2P video streaming systems
for live applications, providing guidelines for the design of the overlay topology and the …

Internet-based video streaming applications are becoming more and more popular,
attracting millions of online viewers every day. The incredible growth of viewers, dynamics of …

P2P live streaming requires low latency and low media discontinuity to provide users good
quality of experience. When peers are connected to a large number of partners, the …

Peer to Peer streaming (P2P-TV) applications have recently emerged as cheap and efficient
solutions to provide real time streaming services over the Internet. For the sake of simplicity …

Unstructured, chunk-based P2P streaming (TV and Video) systems are becoming popular
and are subject of intense research. Chunk and peer selection strategies (or scheduling) are …