Peer-to-peer live streaming for massively multiplayer online games

Shakeel Ahmad (1) , Christos Bouras (2) , Eliya Buyukkaya (3) , Raouf Hamzaoui (1) , Andreas Papazois (2) , Alex Shani (4) , Gwendal Simon (5) , Fen Zhou (3)

1 DMU - Department of Engineering, De Montfort University
2 CTI - Research Academic Computer Technology Institute
3 INFO - Département informatique
4 EXENT - Exent Technology
5 RSM - Département Réseaux, Sécurité et Multimédia

One of the most attractive features of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) is the possibility for users to interact with a large number of other users in a variety of collaborative and competitive situations. Gamers within an MMOG typically become members of active communities with mutual interests, shared adventures, and common objectives. This demonstration presents a peer-to-peer live video system that enables MMOG players to stream screen-captured video of their game. Players can use the system to show their skills, share experience with friends, or coordinate missions in strategy games.

Mots clés: Peer-to-peer; Peer to peer networks; Video streaming

Domaines: Multimédia [cs.MM]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]; Théorie de l'information [cs.IT]; Théorie de l'information et codage [math.IT]

Shakeel Ahmad, Christos Bouras, Eliya Buyukkaya, Raouf Hamzaoui, Andreas Papazois, et al.. Peer-to-peer live streaming for massively multiplayer online games. P2P 2012: IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, Sep 2012, Tarragona, Spain. ⟨hal-00788135⟩