PROMISE: peer-to-peer media streaming using CollectCast

We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of PROMISE, a novel peer-to-peer media streaming system encompassing the key functions of peer lookup, peer-based aggregated streaming, and dynamic adaptations to network and peer conditions. Particularly, PROMISE is based on a new application level P2P service called CollectCast. CollectCast performs three main functions: (1) inferring and leveraging the underlying network topology and performance information for the selection of senders; (2) monitoring the status of peers and connections and reacting to peer/connection failure or degradation with low overhead; (3) dynamically switching active senders and standby senders, so that the collective network performance out of the active senders remains satisfactory. Based on both real-world measurement and simulation, we evaluate the performance of PROMISE, and discuss lessons learned from our experience with respect to the practicality and further optimization of PROMISE. Categories a...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: MM
• Authors: Mohamed Hefeeda, Ahsan Habib, Boyan Botev, Dongyan Xu, Bharat K. Bhargava
• Keywords: Active Senders, MM 2003, Peer-based Aggregated Streaming, Standby Senders