Video Streaming on the Internet Using Split and Merge Multicast
Santosh Kulkarni · 2006
Application-level multicast overcomes the problems linked with IP-multicast and provides an effective mechanism to support media streaming. One key problem associated with this approach is the restriction on the content that can be distributed because the upstream capacity of the peers is utilized to forward content to other peers. As the upstream capacity of most peers is restricted, Webcasting high-bandwidth content is a continuing problem with traditional application-level multicasting techniques. Split and merge multicast provides a solution to this problem. This paper presents the results of a large-scale field trial of the technology