On the benefits of synchronized playout in peer-to-peer streaming

ABSTRACT

In this paper we examine the impact of the adopted playout policy on the overall performance of a P2P streaming system. It is argued and showed that adopting (popular) playout policies that result in a divergence of the playout points drastically deteriorates the performance of P2P streaming and that policies that keep these points "near-in-time" should be adopted.

REFERENCES

• 1: Nikolaos Laoutaris , Benny Van Houdt , Ioannis Stavrakakis, Optimization of a packet video receiver under different levels of delay jitter: an analytical approach, Performance Evaluation, v.55 n.3-4, p.251-275, February 2004 [doi>10.1016/j.peva.2003.07.004]
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Design, Performance

Keywords:
peer to peer, playout schemes, video streaming