XRON: A Hybrid Elastic Cloud Overlay Network for Video Conferencing at Planetary Scale
Bingyang Wu, Kun Qian, Bo Li, Yunfei Ma, Qi Zhang, Zhigang Jiang, Jiayu Zhao, Dennis Cai, Ennan Zhai, Xuanzhe Liu, Xin Jin · 2023
Quality and cost are two key considerations for video conferencing services. Service providers face a dilemma when selecting network tiers to build their infrastructure---relying on Internet links has poor quality, while using premium links brings excessive cost.