PERIODO: LUGLIO SETTEMBRE 2016

During the past decade, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) architecture has been extensively studied and deployed for the delivery of both elastic and streaming content. In particular, P2P approaches for delivery of recorded and live video streams that are broadly known as P2P video streaming, present a set of unique challenges due to the "streaming"
nature of content. While several studies have presented various approaches or addressed a range of issues related to P2P video streaming, relating or contrasting these prior studies is not a trivial task. it is often difficult to relate our contrast these prior studies.

This graduate-level course/seminar covers a set of key challenges and good practices related to P2P Video Streaming systems. We use a number of seminal papers to present a structured and comprehensive view of fundamental systems issues in design, evaluation and deployment of P2P Video streaming. This course offers a valuable background for graduate students who are interested to conduct research or develop systems in the area of P2P video streaming. The preliminary outline for this course is attached.

ATTENZIONE - IL CORSO SI TERRA' NEL PERIODO DAL 5 AL 9 SETTEMBRE -
IL CALENDARIO VERRA' PUBBLICATO APPENA POSSIBILE



Schedule: Five 4-hour daily sessions during the week of July 11-15
Pre-requisite: Students should be familiar with introductory course in computer networks.
Instructor: Reza Rejaie

Course Preliminary Outline:

1) Background on P2P networking:
* different classes of P2P applications,
* search vs content delivery

2) P2P content delivery: elastic vs streaming content
* key components: overlay construction and packet scheduling mechanisms
* Design and evaluation issues

3) P2P streaming: live vs playback video streaming
* design implications and challenges
* quality adaptive approaches

4) P2P streaming of playback video

5) P2P streaming of live video: mesh-based approaches

6) P2P streaming of live video: tree-based approaches

7) Evaluation Methodologies: Mesh vs Tree-based approaches

8) Practical considerations (I): Overlay Construction and Repair

9) Practical Considerations (II): Dealing with Free riders.

10) Practical Considerations (III): Incorporating ISP-friendliness


CALENDARIO - RINVIATO A SETTEMBRE

11-15 luglio 2016 con orario 14,30 - 18,30 presso la sala riunioni grande DET/sede storica di fronte all'Aula 12