Open AccessPerformance Analysis of Hybrid Distribution in Human‐Centric Multimedia Networking
Author(s) -
Hu Yuxiang,
Dong Fang,
Lan Julong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese journal of electronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2075-5597
pISSN - 1022-4653
DOI - 10.1049/cje.2016.07.001
Subject(s) - computer science , multimedia , distribution (mathematics) , computer network , mathematics , mathematical analysis
With the booming of Human‐centric multimedia networking (HMN), there are rising amount of human‐made multimedia that needs to distribute to consumers with higher speed and efficiency. Hybrid distribution of Client/Server (C/S) and Peer‐to‐Peer (P2P) have been successfully deployed on the Internet and the practical benefits have been widely reported, while its theoretical performance remains unknown for mass data delivery unfortunately. This paper presents an analytical and experimental study on the performance of accelerating large‐scale hybrid distribution over the Internet. In particular, this paper focuses on the user behavior in HMN and establishes a user behavior model based on the Kermack‐McKendrick model in epidemiology. Analytical expressions of average delay in HMN are then derived based on C/S, P2P and hybrid distribution, respectively. Our simulation shows how to design and deploy a hybrid distribution system of HMN that helps to bridge the gap between system ultilization and quality of service, which provides direct guidance for practical system design.