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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2014.18.11.2651

A Scalable Content-Sharing Architecture for High-quality TV Programs  

Chung, Sungwook (Department of Computer Engineering, Changwon National University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.18, no.11, 2014 , pp. 2651-2657 More about this Journal
Abstract
It can be organized with PVRs and FC-AL for a high-quality TV content-sharing architecture. It is, however, not easy to configure a large community network with the FC-AL since it has a 7-bit address space with supporting up to 127 users. We, therefore, propose a novel scalable FC-AL multiple-loop architecture using shared disks, which does not need to use expensive and load-concentrated switches. In this article, our suggested architecture shows a superb startup delay, such as less than 20msec. In addition, it demonstrates outstanding scalability, such that the number of accomodable users increases almost linearly according to adding loops. Lastly, it reveals exceptional time-shifting hours, that is, which supports more than 140 hours with 1000 users.
Keywords
Scalability; Multimedia Architecture; PVR; FC-AL; TV content-sharing;
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