Load Sharing in Distributed Multimedia-on-Demand Systems

• Main Authors: TAY, Y. C., PANG, Hwee Hwa
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Network servers; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Metropolitan area networks; Costs; Fluctuations; Joining processes; Multimedia systems; Load management; Algorithm design and analysis; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/113; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1112/viewcontent/Load_Sharing_in_Distributed_Multimedia_on_Demand_Systems__edited_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Service providers have begun to offer multimedia-on-demand services to residential estates by installing isolated, small-scale multimedia servers at individual estates. Such an arrangement allows the service providers to operate without relying on a highspeed, large-capacity metropolitan area networ...