A Broadcasting Protocol for Video-on-Demand Using Optional Partial Preloading
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Broadcasting protocols for video-on-demand normally require customers to wait for a few minutes before starting to watch the video of their choice. The easiest way to avoid this delay is to preload in each customer settop-box the first few minutes of each video. We present here a broadcasting protocol making this requirement optional: customers are offered the option of preloading the first few minutes of one or more videos in order to eliminate the small delay they would otherwise experience. We also show that this feature can be implemented at a very reasonable cost.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999