MCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration

Ahmed Khalid; Ahmed H. Zahran; Cormac J. Sreenan

doi:10.1109/LCN.2017.84

MCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

University College Cork

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Abstract

The rise of Software Defined Networking (SDN) presents an opportunity to overcome the limitations of rigid and static traditional Internet architecture and provide services like network layer multicast for live video streaming. In this paper we propose mCast, an SDN-based architecture for live streaming, to reduce the utilization of network and system resources for both Internet Service Providers (ISP) and Content Delivery Networks (CDN) by using multicast over the Internet. We propose a communication framework between ISPs and CDNs to enable mCast while retaining user and data privacy. mCast is transparent to the clients and maintains the control of CDNs on user sessions. We developed a testbed and performed large scale evaluation and comparison. Results showed that mCast can improve the video quality received by clients and, for CDNs and ISPs in comparison to IP unicast, mCast can decrease link utilization by more than 50% and network losses to 0%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 42nd Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	95-103
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509065226
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2017.84
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2017
Event	42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 9 Oct 2017 → 12 Oct 2017

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Name	Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN
Volume	2017-October

Conference

Conference	42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	9/10/17 → 12/10/17

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Multimedia streaming
Network architecture
Network management
Software defined networking

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Khalid, A., Zahran, A. H., & Sreenan, C. J. (2017). MCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration. In Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 42nd Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017 (pp. 95-103). Article 8109334 (Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN; Vol. 2017-October). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2017.84

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Khalid, A, Zahran, AH & Sreenan, CJ 2017, MCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration. in Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 42nd Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017., 8109334, Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN, vol. 2017-October, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 95-103, 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017, Singapore, Singapore, 9/10/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2017.84

MCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration. / Khalid, Ahmed; Zahran, Ahmed H.; Sreenan, Cormac J.
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 42nd Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017. IEEE Computer Society, 2017. p. 95-103 8109334 (Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN; Vol. 2017-October).

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