TY - JOUR

T1 - Video consumption dramatically outpaces Internet capacity

T2 - exploration, challenges and solutions

AU - Alstrup, Stephen

AU - Rauhe, Theis

AU - Brown, Scott

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Video usage on the Internet is rapidly outpacing the Internet capacity deployed.Imagine if, in five years time, there were 100 times the number of cars on the roadstoday. That would be comparable to the video usage explosion now happening onthe Internet. It is a huge challenge even for the rapidly improving IT sector.This article discusses the main drivers for this explosion, the challenges and thesolutions. First, we will explore the traditional streaming technologies, and theirassociated challenges of sustaining high-quality video experiences and buffering.Next we will explore how the quality problems can be solved, and how this creates an environment where a suite of technologies can be introduced, including Multicast, to cope with the exploding demand for video traffic.

AB - Video usage on the Internet is rapidly outpacing the Internet capacity deployed.Imagine if, in five years time, there were 100 times the number of cars on the roadstoday. That would be comparable to the video usage explosion now happening onthe Internet. It is a huge challenge even for the rapidly improving IT sector.This article discusses the main drivers for this explosion, the challenges and thesolutions. First, we will explore the traditional streaming technologies, and theirassociated challenges of sustaining high-quality video experiences and buffering.Next we will explore how the quality problems can be solved, and how this creates an environment where a suite of technologies can be introduced, including Multicast, to cope with the exploding demand for video traffic.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - webcasting

KW - streaming

KW - Internet

KW - multicasting

M3 - Journal article

JO - EBU Technical Review

JF - EBU Technical Review

SN - 1019-6587

ER -