The Minimum Reservation Rate Problem in Digital Audio/Video Systems

d Abstract) David P. Anderson Nimrod Megiddoy Moni Naorz April 1993 The \Minimum Reservation Rate Problem" arises in distributed systems for handling digital audio and video data. The problem is to nd the minimum rate at which data must be reserved on a shared storage system in order to provide continuous bu ered playback of a variable-rate output schedule. The problem is equivalent to the minimum output rate: given input rates during various time periods, nd the minimum output rate under which the bu er never over ows. We present for these problems an O(nlogn) randomized algorithm and an O(nlognloglogn) deterministic one.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: ISTCS
• Authors: Nimrod Megiddo, Moni Naor, David P. Anderson
• Keywords: Applied Computing, ISTCS 1993, Minimum Output Rate, Minimum Rate, Reservation Rate Problem