Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a new paradigm that brings storage and computing
close to the clients. MEC enables the deployment of complex network-assisted mechanisms …

Through analysis of large volume of user behavior logs during playing multimedia
streaming, we extract a user viewing pattern. The pattern indicates that random seek is a …

Most P2P Video-On-Demand (VOD) schemes mainly focus more on mending service
architectures and optimizing overlays but do not carefully consider the user behavior and the …

Reducing seek latency by predicting what the users will access is important for user
experience, particularly during video browsing, where users seek frequently to skim through …

Supporting free VCR-like operations in P2P VoD streaming systems is challenging. The
uncertainty of frequent VCR operations makes it difficult to provide high quality realtime …

Improved interactive functionality is considered the next crucial milestone for a wider
acceptance, when it comes to P2P-based streaming service over the Internet. As the …

The growth of the World Wide Web has emphasized the need for improvement in user
latency. One of the techniques that are used for improving user latency is Web Prefetching …

The requirement for supporting DVD-like functions raises new challenges to the design of
P2P VoD systems. The uncertainty of frequent user DVD-like interactivity makes it difficult to …

Multimedia information services in mobile environments are becoming more and more
important with the proliferation of 3G technologies. Media streaming, in particular, is a …

The last decade has witnessed a remarkable increase in video streaming appli-cations,
propelled by technological advancements and shifts in consumer behav-ior. Video …