Nozzilla: A Peer-to-Peer IPTV Distribution Service for an IMS-based NGN

Authors

Alex Bikfalvi, Jaime García-Reinoso, Iván Vidal, Francisco Valera

Abstract

During the last years next generation networks (NGNs) have gained attention, as an increasing number of network operators moved toward triple-play services: telephony, Internet and IPTV. Unfortunately, from the service provider perspective, IPTV usually comes at a high cost in terms of equipment and/or necessary bandwidth. In this paper we propose Nozzilla, a peer-to-peer like video streaming service for an NGN based on the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), which can be used by third-party IPTV service providers as a cost effective alternative to IP multicast or content distribution networks. The service uses the residential gateways (NGN customer premises equipment) to create a streaming overlay using the remaining or a fixed amount of network bandwidth. Nozzilla takes advantage of the QoS and resource reservation enabled by a NGN to support multiple-description streaming that improves the perceived quality during temporary failures.

Conference

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS) by IARIA
Pages 450-455, April 20-25 2009, València, Spain
doi:10.1109/icns.2009.57

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