Joint optimization for the delivery of multiple video channels in Telco-CDN

Abstract

A Telco-CDN can be regarded as an intra-domain overlay network with tight resources and critical deployment constraints. This paper addresses two problems in this context: (1) the construction of the overlays used to deliver the video channels from the entrypoints of the Telco-CDN to the appropriate edge servers; and (2) the allocation of the required resources to these overlays. Our ultimate goal is to maximize the number of delivered channels while preserving network resources. Two classes of heuristic algorithms, namely two-step optimization and joint-optimization, are proposed to solve these problems. The conducted evaluations confirm the efficiency of the jointoptimization approach.