Mobile video popularity distributions and the potential of peer-assisted video delivery

Jiali Lin , Zhenyu Li (1) , Gaogang Xie (1) , Yi Sun (1) , Salamatian Kavé (2) , Wenjie Wang

1 ICT - Institute of Computing Technology [Beijing]
2 LISTIC - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance

The advances in wireless communications and mobile devices have resulted in a massive growth of the video services over mobile networks. In this article, we study the potential of peer-assisted video delivery in WiFi mobile networks aimed at reducing servers' load. Our study is based on a real measurement of mobile video viewing logs from a leading Internet video provider for 14 days. We analyze viewing behavior of users with respect to three main factors for the design of peer-assisted delivery network: viewing time, user ...

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Jiali Lin, Zhenyu Li, Gaogang Xie, Yi Sun, Salamatian Kavé, et al.. Mobile video popularity distributions and the potential of peer-assisted video delivery. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2013, 51 (11), pp.120-126. ⟨10.1109/MCOM.2013.6658663⟩. ⟨hal-00945203⟩