Title: Models and mechanisms for traffic balancing of IPTV VoD service

Authors: Yasser Hayali; Orest Lavriv; Bohdan Buhyl; Roman Bak; Mykhailo Klymash

Addresses: Department of Telecommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine ' Department of Telecommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine ' Department of Telecommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine ' Department of Telecommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine ' Department of Telecommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

Abstract: The low cost of broadcasting over the internet, and the reachability of an internet broadcast compared to conventional methods, have made IPTV service the ultimate future of television and radio, and the choice of many providers nowadays. Thus, to evaluate the current traffic balancing mechanisms when handling traffic of IPTV service, the specific models are suggested in this paper. Also, an analysis of each of these mechanisms is performed using the IPTV service traffic model.

Keywords: IPTV services; traffic balancing; modelling; internet broadcasts; internet protocol television; internet protocol TV.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEM.2013.059576

International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, 2013 Vol.5 No.4, pp.291 - 300

Received: 28 Jun 2013
Accepted: 14 Nov 2013

Published online: 30 Apr 2014 *

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