• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.293-300
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• 2004

In this paper, we devise both methods supporting interactive VCR-like functions for MPEG stream and minimizing the storage space. Specifically, we proposed both methods to efficiently stripe MPEG stream into multiple disks, and an access strategy to retrieve the distributed streams over the disks. To accurately locate the streams to be referred to, we introduce a table indexing the location. When client request Fast Forward(FF)/Fast Backward(FB), VOD(Video on Demand) server refer to this index table supporting FF/FB functions. Experimental result shows that the proposed method can reduce the additional storage space needed when VOD server services FF/FB functions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.83-85
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• 1998

컴퓨터 하드웨어 기술의 발달은 물론 고속 통신 기술의 발달로 컴퓨터의 사용분야가 단순 계산에서 멀티미디어를 사용하는 VOD 서버 기술을 필요로 하게 되고 경제적이면 효율적으로 멀티미디어 데이터를 다루는 기술이 요구되면서 서버의 확장성과 원활한 데이터 서비스가 필요하게 되었다. 이에 본 논문에서는 초고속 통신망에 기반한 SAN(System Area Network)에 기반한 클러스터링 시스템을 제안하여 최대한 대역폭을 이용한 병렬 I/O를 통하여 SAN 상에 입출력 성능의 개선할 수 있는 Scalable VOD 서버를 제안하여 구현 성능 평가 하혀 한다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.16C no.4
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• pp.487-494
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• 2009

VOD(Video On Demand) that provides streaming service according to the user's requirement in real time, consists of the video streaming server and the client system. Since it is very hard to apply the traditional server-client model that a server communicates with many clients through 1:1 connection to VOD system because it requires very high network bandwidth, many researches have been done to address this problem. Batching technique is one of VOD system based on Multicast that requires very small network bandwidth. However, the batching based VOD system has a limitation that it is very hard to provide VCR(Video Cassette Recorder) ability. In this paper, we propose a technique that reduces the required network bandwidth to provide VCR function by using the characteristic of MPEG, one of international video compression standard. In the proposed technique, a new video stream for VCR function is constructed with I pictures that is able to be decoded independently. The new video stream for VCR function is transmitted with the video stream for normal play together in Batching manner. The performance evaluation result shows that the proposed technique not only reduces the required network bandwidth and memory usage but also decreases the CPU usages.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.435-447
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• 2004

For VOD systems, it is important to provide QoS to more users under the limited resources. To analyze QoS issues in real environment, we implement clustered VOD server and embedded client system based on the Linux open source platform. The parallel processing of MPEG data, load balancing for nodes and VCR like functions are implemented in the server side. To provide more user friendly interface, the general TV is used for a VOD client's terminal and the embedded board is used supporting for VCR functions. In this paper, we measure the performance of the implemented VOD system under the various user requirement features and evaluate the sources of performance limitations. From these analyses, we propose the dynamic admission control method based on the availability memory and network bandwidth. The proposed method enhances the utilization of the system resource for the more QoS media streams.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.3182-3194
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• 2000

It is strongly beliefed that Video on Demand(VOD) will become one of the most promising services in Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network(B-ISDN) for the nest generation VOD service can be classified into two types of services 'Near VOD(NVOD) and Interactive VOD(IVOD). For both services, some video servers should be installed at some nodes(especially, at the root node for NVOD service) in the tree structued VOD network,so that each node with video server stores video programs and distribules stored programs to customers. We consider thre kinds of cost.a program transmission cost, a program storage cost, and a video server installation cost. There exists a trade-off relationship among those three costs according to locationsl of video servers and the kinds of programs stord at each video server. Given a tree structured VOD network, and the total number of programs being served in the network, the resource allocation problem in a VOD network providing both IVOD and NVOD services is to determine where to install video servers for IVOD service, which and how many programs should be stored at each video server for both IVOD and NVOD services, so as to minunize the total cost which is the sum of three costs for both IVOD and NVOD services. In this paper we develop an efficient cynamic programming algorithm for solving the problem. We also implement the algorithm based on a service policy assumed in this paper.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.15A no.4
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• pp.227-238
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• 2008

Recently, as network environment has broadened, the demands on VOD have been increased. The VOD services can be categorized into two types, RVOD and NVOD. Practical VOD services adopt one of them exclusively. Since a method using only one of RVOD and NVOD is not able to deal with frequently variable demand of clients, it leads to a result of overload on a server and a waste of server bandwidth. The efficiency of the network resource usage becomes lower. Hence this paper presents a study on the protocol for efficient VOD services. We propose a new protocol appliable for the existing VOD service algorithm, analyze its performance through simulation, and developed server/client systems applying the new protocol. We propose a mode switching protocol combined with protocols used in RVOD and NVOD. The proposed protocol is not able only to control both RVOD and NVOD but also to change the mode between RVOD and NVOD. As a result of using the proposed protocol to meet frequently variable demand, server bandwidth can be used efficiently. Especially, it can be applied to the existing VOD service algorithms. Therefore, we expect that the proposed protocol in this paper will be widely used in emerging VOD markets.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10c
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• pp.481-483
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• 2000

본 논문은 이산 웨이블릿 변환의 스케일러빌리티(scalability)를 활용한 VOD 트래픽 모델링에 대하여 소개한다. VOD는 사용자의 요구에 대하여 비디오 데이터를 제공하는 시스템이다. 비디오 데이터는 여러 가지 특징을 가지고 있다. 첫 번째 특징은 데이터 양이 상당히 많다는 점이다. 그리고 데이터 양이 비디오 데이터가 전달되는 시간축에 따라서 변화가 많다는 점이다. 그리고 두 번째 특징은 비디오 데이터는 전송되는 양상이 시간축에 대하여 거의 끊김이 없어야 한다는 점이다. 이러한 점들 때문에 VOD 트래픽을 정확하게 모델링하는 것은 상당히 어렵게 생각되었다. 이산 웨이블릿 변환(discrete wavelet transform)은 함수에 대한 근사이다. 우수한 점은 함수에 대한 근사가 상당히 용이하고 또 유연하다는 점이다. 다시 말하면 함수 근사의 정밀도를 용이하게 조절할 수 있다는 점이다. 또 다른 우수한 점은 시간과 공간 양쪽에 대하여 함수 근사를 할 수 있다는 점이다. 본 논문은 VOD server와 client 사이의 트래픽을 이산 웨이블릿 변환인 스케일러빌리티를 활용하여 모델링하여 server와 client 사이에 보다 효과적인 네트워크 트래픽 제어를 할 수 있음을 보인다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.43-52
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• 2008

The paper presents the problem definition of video placement and efficient methods for placing video data on a cluster of video servers. The video placement is to place each of video replicas on one of the servers where the number and location of the servers are already determined. The rejection ratio of user requests is one of most important user-perceive performance measures, so it has been used as a performance criteria in many researches on the VOD system. The objective of our video placement is to achieve the load balancing among servers and the minimization of total network loads. To our experiment, the presented methods show better performance in terms of the rejection ratio of user requests than the methods for video placements in which only either server load balancing or network load minimization is considered. Also, it is observed that considerations on server load balancing is especially important in video placement. To our survey, little research has been published on video placement in which server and network load are considered together in a video server cluster environment.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.4 no.8
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• pp.2080-2091
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• 1997

It is generally recognized that Video On Demand (VOD) service will become a promising interactive service in the emerging broadband integrated services digital networks. A centralized VOD system, all programs are stored in a single VOD server which is linked to each user via exchanges, is applicable when a small number of users enjoys the VOD service. However, in case of large service penetration, it is very important to solve the problems of bandwidth and load concentrating in the central video server(CVS) and program transmission network. In this paper, the architecture of the video distribution service network is studied, then a traffic characteristics and models for VOD system are established, and proposed program allocation method to video servers. For this purpose, we present an analysis of program storage amount in each LVS(Local Video Server), transmission traffic volume between LVSs, and link traffic volume between CVS and LVSs, according to changing the related factors such as demand, the number of LVS, vision probability, etc. A method for finding out storage capacity in LVSs is also presented on the basis of the tradeoffs among program storage cost, link traffic cost, and transmission cost.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.391-406
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• 2002

In order to realize a practical VOD system, it is necessary for a high-capacity and cost-effective hierarchical VOD server based on tertiary storages such as DVD jukebox. In such a system, it is possible to transfer multiple streams to users by alternatively swapping DVDs using the fixed number of drives. But it takes a long time for loading DVD to a drive. In this paper, we propose a primitive pipelined loading mechanism for hiding the loading time to swap DVDs in a hierarchical VOD server based on DVD jukebox. We also propose a enhanced pipelined loading mechanism for increasing the maximum admittable streams with the fixed number of drives. The enhanced mechanism caches the initial segment of each stream on a disk storage allowing faster data transfer. The performance analysis shows that the proposed mechanisms can admit the maximum allowed stream capacity under the fixed number of disk drives.