Multi-view video streaming over P2P networks with low start-up delay

We propose to stream multi-view video over a multi-tree peerto-peer (P2P) network using the NUEPMuT protocol. Each view of the multi-view video is streamed over an independent P2P streaming tree and each peer only contributes upload capacity in a single tree, in order to limit the adverse effects of ungraceful peer departures. Additionally, we introduce a quick join procedure to reduce the start-up delay for the first data packet after a join request. Continuity index and decoded video quality performance for simulcast and MVC encoding in a large topology under different settings are reported, in addition to the improvements achieved by the quick join procedure.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICIP
• Authors: Engin Kurutepe, Thomas Sikora
• Keywords: ICIP 2008, Image Processing, Multi-view Video, P2P Streaming Tree, Quick Join Procedure