Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program
products, for deterministically skewing transmission of content streams. A content stream …

BACKGROUND Coded video (eg, MPEG-2 (for Moving Picture Experts Group) and H.
264/AVC (for Advanced Video Coding)) is used in Digital Television (DTV) networks for …

BACKGROUND Historically, video data is transmitted in the radio fre quency (RF) spectrum
to a television or set-top box (STB). For example, a Cable Head-End might use quadrature …

Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program
products, for dynamic rate adjustment to splice video streams. A splicer receives a first …

Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program
products, for deterministically skewing synchronized events for content streams. A first …

SNR scalability, used in two-layer video coding, guarantees good base quality pictures at
the expense of increased overall bit-rate. By understanding the inherent inefficiencies of …

In this paper a new multimedia caching strategy is proposed that includes several
optimizations to the state of the art. This algorithm takes its roots from the interval caching …

The increasing cost and complexity of data management is driving data centers to
consolidate resource and provide storage service for multiplex applications. Therefore …

The Distributed Interactive Engineering Toolbox (DIET) is a toolbox for the construction of
network-enabled server systems. DIET servers provide transparent access to compute …

With the rapidly increasing demand of the mass information storage in Internet, the
intelligent network storage technology be coming more and more important. At the same …