VideA Peer-to-Peer

Video Solution Architecture

31 August 2006

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Agenda

• Internet Video Streaming,Classical Methods Used Today

• Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming Basics

• Comparison,Classical & Peering Methods

• VideA Platform Capabilities

• The End

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Internet Video Streaming

• Voice and video of a content is loaded onto IP-UDP packets and sent over the Internet.

• The content may be a live TV broadcast, a film on a DVD or an episode of a favorite show, etc.

• The receiving party displays the content of the packets as they are received.

• It is not download and watch/play.

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Classical Approach

Live Video Stored Media

Viewers

CentralizedServer

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Examples

• Microsoft Media Server & Player

• Real Media Server & Player

• Apple Quicktime Player

• Flash Player

• VLC Media Player etc...

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Disadvantages

• Bandwidth required on the service provider side is very high.

• CAPEX & OPEX for this high bandwidth avoids video services reach high number of end users.

RequiredServer

Bandwidth

Number ofConcurrent

Viewers

Video StreamBandwidthper Viewer

= X

300 Mbit 1000 300 Kbit= X

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Peer-to-Peer Approach

Live Video Stored Media

Viewers

Server

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Advantages of Peering• Peering Technology aims to utilize

the unused bandwidth available on the Internet.

• Clients act as servers & forward the content they receive to other clients requesting the same content.

• Load is distributed among the Internet.

• Number of concurrent viewers is not directly limited by the server bandwidth.

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Compared ToClassical Approach

• To serve the same number of clients, much smaller Internet connection is enough.

300Mbit 6Mbit Metroethernet downgrade

means 92% cost reduction in OPEX.

• At a given bandwidth, more viewers can receive the same content.

With a 300Mbit bandwidth, instead of 1000,

an estimate of 50,000 end users can be reached.

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Additional Advantages

• Traffic Shaping according to the transmission media charecteristics, say ADSL or WLAN.

• Traffic Bandwidth Management to fit tightly into a given maximum bandwidth.

• Mobile device & WIFI support.

• Open Protocol support and interoperability.

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Technical Basis

• RFC 3261 Session Initiation Protocol• RTP/RTCP, secure RTP• H.263, H.264 (MPEG4 AVP) Video• G711u/a, G729a, AMR-WB, GSM, iLBC,

Speex, AC3, AAC wide or narrowband, compressed or uncompressed voice

• STUN, FW/NAT Traversal• DiffServ, Differentiated Services (EF)• QCIF, QPAL, PAL or custom resolutions• Wide range of framerates• Win32 and WinCE platform resources

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Supported Platforms

• Server– Windows Hardware

• Client– Windows Laptops & Desktops– Windows CE Mobile Devices

(PDAs and mobile phones)

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Questions