From content distribution networks to content networks — issues and challenges

• Published in: Computer communications Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 551 - 562
• Main Authors: Plagemann, Thomas, Goebel, Vera, Mauthe, Andreas, Mathy, Laurent, Turletti, Thierry, Urvoy-Keller, Guillaume
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 06.03.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Computer science; Content management; Distribution overlay; Engineering, computing & technology; Ingénierie, informatique & technologie; Metadata; Multimedia; Multimedia content; Networks; Sciences informatiques; Metadata; Content management; Multimedia content; Distribution overlay

Due to the technical developments in electronics the amount of digital content is continuously increasing. In order to make digital content respectively multimedia content available to potentially large and geographically distributed consumer populations, Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are use...