With the proliferation of Internet and
media applications, content owners and service providers
need to consider new IP based media distribution technologies.
The embedded Peer-to-Peer media distribution technology
is the only viable solution meeting the challenging requirements
of mass media streaming over Internet.
In the client-server architecture, all
contents are sent directly from server to client, whereas
in the P2P architecture, majority of nodes receive content
from peer nodes and then forward the content to other
peers. By utilizing peer nodes' computational power and
uplink bandwidth, the requirement on server hardware and
its uplink bandwidth can be dramatically reduced.
Compared to open PC environment, an embedded
device provides much tighter control over the system.
This unique advantage can improve the content security
and QoS. ASTRI's eP2P technology combines the power of
P2P content distribution technology with the unique advantages
of embedded devices to provide an efficient and secure
platform for content distribution. It can be embedded
into any consumer electronic devices or use as software
on PCs for distributing media content over IP network.
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