2008
Performance model for “Just-in-Time” problems in real-time multimedia applications
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Presented at the
IEEE/ACM International Symposium of Cluster Computing and the Grid, Lyon, France
Over the last few years, the use of large-scale
multimedia data applications has been growing tremendously,
and this growth is not likely to slow down in the near future.
Many multimedia applications operate in a real-time environment
(e.g., surveillance cameras, iris scans), which must meet strict
time constraints, i.e. to analyze video frames at the same rate as
a camera produces them. To meet this requirement, Grid computing
is rapidly becoming indispensable. However, the variabilities
of the software and the hardware in grid environment cause
the strong burstiness in the transmission delay of video frames.
Because the burstiness is unknown beforehand, it is difficult to
determine the right sending moments of video frames. If the
time interval between sending two sequential frames is too large,
then the service utilization may be low. If use large buffer to
guarantee the service utilization, then video frames may be outof-
date because of the long waiting time at buffer in the server
side. This problem is referred to as “Just-in-time” problem. To
solve this problem, it is essential to determine the right sending
moments of video frames, properly dealing with the trade-off
between the service utilization and the “up-to-date” of video
frames.
Motivated by this, in this paper we develop an adaptive control
method that react to the continuously changing circumstances in
grid system so as to obtain the highest service utilization on the
one hand and to keep the video frame up-to-date on the other
hand. Extensive experimental validation in our DAS-3 testbed
and the trace-driven simulation show that our method is indeed
highly effective.
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van der Mei, R., Seinstra, F. J., Koole, G., Yang, R., Roubos, D., & Bal, H. (2008). Performance model for “Just-in-Time” problems in real-time multimedia applications. |