A Borrow-and-Return Model to Reduce Client Waiting Time for Broadcasting-Based VOD

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Ming-Hour Yang, Chi-He Chang, and Yu-Chee TsengIEEE Transaction on Broadcasting, June 2003

Basic Concept

Single Borrower Multiple Lender (SBML)

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Waiting Time of SBML

Waiting Time of SBML (continued)

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Waiting Time of MBML

(a) α=1 (b) α=2 (c) α=3 (a) k=3 (b) k=5 (c) k=6

Conclusion

A general borrow-and-return model is proposed to reduce viewer’s waiting time.

The model can be applied to any broadcasting scheme that has FSFC property.