HTTP adaptive streaming (HAS) is the most recent attempt regarding video quality
adaptation. It enables cheap and easy to implement streaming technology without the need …

As broadband networks using Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) technologies are being increasingly
deployed in access networks, video service, especially VoD (Video-on-Demand), is …

The distribution of videos over the Internet is drastically transforming how media is
consumed and monetized. Content providers, such as media outlets and video subscription …

As the distribution of the video over the Internet becomes main-stream and its consumption
moves from the computer to the TV screen, user expectation for high quality is constantly …

Web services rely on caching at nearly every layer of the system architecture. Commonly,
each cache is implemented and maintained independently by a distinct team and is highly …

" Electronic-sport"(E-Sport) is now established as a new entertainment genre. More and
more players enjoy streaming their games, which attract even more viewers. In fact, in a …

This paper presents a traffic characterization study of the popular video sharing service,
YouTube. Over a three month period we observed almost 25 million transactions between …

Caching is an indispensable technique for low-cost and fast data serving. The eviction
algorithm, at the heart of a cache, has been primarily designed to maximize efficiency …

The dynamics of peer participation, or churn, are an inherent property of Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
systems and critical for design and evaluation. Accurately characterizing churn requires …

An emerging Internet application, IPTV, has the potential to flood Internet access and
backbone ISPs with massive amounts of new traffic. Although many architectures are …