Controlling the provision of resources for streaming of video swarms in a peer-to-peer network
US8326992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/125
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for controlling the provision of resource nodes for streaming multimedia content of a channel viewed by consumer nodes in a peer-to-peer network. The method comprises initializing the channel with at least an initial number of resource nodes allocated to provide a desired level of quality of service (QoS) to the consumer nodes, the resource nodes and the consumer nodes are part of the peer-to-peer network; checking periodically a number of consumer nodes currently connected to the channel and an experienced level of QoS of the channel; predicting, based on the number of the consumer nodes currently connected, an increase trend or a decrease trend in the number of consumer nodes, and the experienced level of QoS level, a number of predicted consumer nodes of the channel and a predicted number of resource nodes required to provide the desired level of QoS; and changing the number of resource nodes allocated to the channel to provide the desired level of QoS and to meet the predicted number of consumer nodes.
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