A Borrow-and-Return Model to Reduce Client Waiting Time for Broadcasting-Based VOD Services Ming-Hour Yang, Chi-He Chang, and Yu-Chee Tseng IEEE Transaction on Broadcasting, June 2003

Basic Concept

Single Borrower Multiple Lender (SBML)

Single Borrower Multiple Lender (continued)

Multiple Borrower Multiple Lender (MBML)

Multiple Borrower Multiple Lender (continued)

Waiting Time of SBML

Waiting Time of SBML (continued)

Waiting Time of MBML

(a) α=1 (b) α=2 (c) α=3 (a) k=3 (b) k=5 (c) k=6

Conclusion A general borrow-and-return model is proposed to reduce viewer ’ s waiting time. The model can be applied to any broadcasting scheme that has FSFC property.