Client-to-Client Streaming Scheme for VOD Applications

In this paper, we propose an efficient client-to-client streaming approach to cooperatively stream the video using chaining technique with unicast communication among the clients. This approach considers two major issues of VoD 1) Prefix caching scheme to accommodate more number of videos closer to client, so that the request-service delay for the user can be minimized. 2) Cooperative proxy and client chaining scheme for streaming the videos using unicasting. This approach minimizes the client rejection rate and bandwidth requirement on server to proxy and proxy to client path. Our simulation results show that the proposed approach achieves reduced client waiting time and optimal prefix caching of videos minimizing server to proxy path bandwidth usage by utilizing the client to client bandwidth, which is occasionally used when compared to busy server to proxy path bandwidth.