• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.12A no.7 s.97
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• pp.627-636
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• 2005

This paper presents a PC cluster-based distributed video on demand (VOD) server that minimizes the load of the interconnection network by adopting channel bonding-based MVIA and the interval cache algorithm Video data is distributed to the disks of each server node of the distributed VOD server and each server node receives the data through the interconnection network and sends it to clients. The load of the interconnection network increases because of the large volume of video data transferred. We adopt two techniques to reduce the load of the interconnection network. First, an Msupporting channel bonding technique is adopted for the interconnection network. n which is a user-level communication protocol that reduces the overhead of the TCP/IP protocol in cluster systems, minimizes the time spent in communicating. We increase the bandwidth of the interconnection network using the channel bonding technique with MThe channel bonding technique expands the bandwidth by sending data concurrently through multiple network cards. Second, the interval cache reduces traffic on the interconnection network by caching the video data transferred from the remote disks in main memory Experiments using the distributed VOD server of this paper showed a maximum performance improvement of $30\%$ compared with a distributed VOD server without channel bonding-based MVIA and the interval cache, when used with a four-node PC cluster.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.213-217
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• 2001

Excessive memory buffer requirement in continuous media playback is a serious impediment of wide spread usage of on-line multimedia service. Skewed access frequency of available video files provides an opportunity of re-using the date blocks which has been loaded by one session for later usage. We present novel algorithm which minimizes the buffer requirement in multiple sessions of multimedia playbacks. In continuous media playback originated from the disk, a certain amount of memory buffer is required to synchronize asynchronous disk. Read operation and synchronous playback operation. As aggregate playback bandwodth increases, larger amount of buffer needs to be allocated for this synchronization purpose. The focus of this work is to study the asymptotic behavior of the synchronization buffer requirement and to develop an algorithm coping with this excessive buffer requirement under bandwidth congestioon. We argue that in a large scale continuous media server, it may not be necessary to read the blocks for each session directly from the disk. The beauty of our work lies in the fact that it dynamically adapts to disk utilization of the server and finds the optimal way of servicinh the individual sessions while minimizing the overall buffer space requirement. Optimality of the proposed algorithm is shown by proof. The effectiveness and performance of the proposed scheme is examined via simulation.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.734-745
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• 2006

This paper presents a PC cluster-based distributed VOD server that minimizes the load of an interconnection network by adopting the VIA communication protocol and the interval cache algorithm. Video data is distributed to the disks of the distributed VOD server and each server node receives the data through the interconnection network and sends it to clients. The load of the interconnection network increases because of the large amount of video data transferred. This paper developed a distributed VOD file system, which is based on VIA, to minimize cost using interconnection network when accessing remote disks. VIA is a user-level communication protocol removing the overhead of TCP/IP. This papers also improved the performance of the interconnection network by expanding the maximum transfer size of VIA. In addition, the interval cache reduces traffic on the interconnection network by caching, in main memory, the video data transferred from disks of remote server nodes. Experiments using the distributed VOD server of this paper showed a maximum performance improvement of 21.3% compared with a distributed VOD server without VIA and the interval cache, when used with a four-node PC cluster.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.265-276
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• 1999

Video on Demand (VOD) system is definitely one of main applications in upcoming multimedia era. In this research, we have designed and implemented a host-based scalable VOD system (SVOD) which is composed of low cost PC servers and runs on Linux kernel that is currently spotlighted in enterprise and research domains. Our contribution is as follows: first, the previous Ext2 file system was modified to efficiently support continuous media like MPEG stream. Second, the storage server features a host-based scalable architecture. Third, a software MPEG decoder was implemented using Microsoft's DirectShow$\circledR$COM. Finally, flow control between client and server is provided to suppress overflow and underflow of client circular buffer and supports FF VCR operation. We have known that it is possible to develop a thread-based and scalable VOD system on low cost PC servers and free Linux kernel.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.167-178
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• 2000

Software RAID(Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks) is defined as a storage system that provides capabilities of hardware RAID, and guarantees high reliability as well as high performance. In this paper, we propose an enhanced disk scheduling algorithm and a scheme to guarantee reliability of data. We also design and implement software RAID by utilizing these mechanism to develop a storage system for multimedia applications. Because the proposed algorithm improves a defect of traditional GSS algorithm that disk I/O requests arc served in a fixed order, it minimizes buffer consumption and reduces the number of deadline miss through service group exchange. Software RAID also alleviates data copy overhead during disk services by sharing kernel memory. Even though the implemented software RAID uses the parity approach to guarantee reliability of data, it adopts different data allocation scheme. Therefore, we reduce disk accesses in logical XOR operations to compute the new parity data on all write operations. In the performance evaluation experiments, we found that if we apply the proposed schemes to implement the Software RAID, it can be used as a storage system for small-sized video-on-demand servers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.06d
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• pp.315-320
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 동시 접속자 수의 제약과 서버 증설에 의한 고비용 문제를 효과적으로 해결할 수 있는 실시간 웹캐스팅 시스템이 설계 구현된다. 기존의 시스템과는 다르게, 다양한 해상도를 지원할 수 있는 IP 카메라로부터 실시간으로 스트리밍 되는 동영상 데이터를 콘텐츠로 하는 라이브 웹캐스팅과, 저장 공간에 저장된 후, 사용자 요구에 따라 파일 데이터를 콘텐츠로 스트리밍 하는 주문형 비디오(VOD) 서비스 모두를 포함하는 total 시스템이다. 압축률이 높은 마이크로소프트사의 WMV(혹은 VC-1) 형식의 동영상 데이터를 사용함으로써 사용 대역폭을 줄여, 많은 Tuner들을 수용할 수 있도록 하였으며, 각 Tuner는 미디어플레이어를 뷰어로써 사용할 수 있도록 하여 시청자들이 별도의 소프트웨어를 설치하지 않도록 하였다. 가능한 모든 시스템 구성 요소들 또한 마이크로소프트에서 제공되는 유틸리티들을 사용할 수 있도록 하여 기존 시스템과의 호환성을 최대화 시켰으며, 특히, Caster, Distributor, 그리고 Tuner, 3 부분으로 나누어, Caster의 규모, 혹은 Tuner의 규모에 따라 Distributor의 확장이 모듈 단위로 가능하도록 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.1116-1119
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• 2009

최근 그룹 통신 분야에서 전통적으로 대표되는 IP 멀티캐스트의 대안기술로서 호스트기반 멀티캐스트 및 P2P시스템은 기존의 IP 멀티캐스트의 단점을 극복하고자 하는 연구이다. 이러한 호스트기반 멀티캐스트는 사용자 중심의 서비스를 제공함으로써 다양한 네트워크 환경에서 누구나 사용자들이 효율적으로 데이터를 공유하게 해주고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 협동 기반의 호스트 멀티캐스트를 사용하여 미디어 서비스를 제공하는 VOD 시스템 전반에 관한 연구를 수행하고 이러한 VOD의 서비스를 고도화 하고자 한다. 보다 구체적으로는 패칭 기법을 사용하여 사용자간의 전달 지연을 최소화 할 수 있는 효율적인 자료 전송 경로를 설정 방법과 주문형 비디오 서버를 위한 현실적인 호스트 기반 멀티캐스트 트리 구성 모델을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.24 no.7B
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• pp.1211-1219
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• 1999

High quality real-time interactive multimedia services like VOD gained huge momentum by information technology industries during the middle of 1990, but failed successful commercial service deployment despite of the expectations. Among the number of reasons, lack of high bandwidth and QoS support from the network infrastructure have become main cause of the failure. On the other hand, the advance of computer industry-driven storage technologies has been reducing the price of in-home storage dramatically. This fact and the delivery of audio-visual material in a digital form to the home storage make very interesting multimedia service applications possible. It enables anytime content delivery (e.g., during off-peak time) without user interaction and anytime content play and, also, enhances utilization by reducing the loads applied to servers and networks using multicast network infrastructure. In this paper, we propose design and implementation of our anytime multimedia service system based on in-home storage, called IMPRESS-AMS.