Unreeling netflix: Understanding and improving multi-CDN movie delivery

• Published in: 2012 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM pp. 1620 - 1628
• Main Authors: Adhikari, V. K., Yang Guo, Fang Hao, Varvello, M., Hilt, V., Steiner, M., Zhi-Li Zhang
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Bit rate; Browsers; Computers; Motion pictures; Servers; Streaming media

Netflix is the leading provider of on-demand Internet video streaming in the US and Canada, accounting for 29.7% of the peak downstream traffic in US. Understanding the Netflix architecture and its performance can shed light on how to best optimize its design as well as on the design of similar on-d...