Social Video Content Delivery

This brief presents new architecture and strategies for distribution of social video content. A primary framework for socially-aware video delivery and a thorough overview of the possible approaches is provided. The book identifies the unique characterist

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Zhi Wang Jiangchuan Liu Wenwu Zhu

Social Video Content Delivery

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SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Zhi Wang • Jiangchuan Liu • Wenwu Zhu

Social Video Content Delivery

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Zhi Wang The Graduate School at Shenzhen Tsinghua University Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Jiangchuan Liu School of Computing Science Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC, Canada

Wenwu Zhu Department of Computer Science and Technology Tsinghua University Beijing, China

ISSN 2191-8112 ISSN 2191-8120 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering ISBN 978-3-319-33650-3 ISBN 978-3-319-33652-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33652-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016939413 © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland

Preface

Recently, the world has witnessed the convergence of online social network services and online video services; users import videos from content-sharing sites and propagate them among their social connections by re-posting them. Online social networks have reshaped how multimedia content is generated, distributed, and consumed on the Internet today. Given the massive amount of user-generated content shared in online social networks, users are now engaged as active participants in the social ecosystem rather than as passive receivers of media content. This revolution is being driven further by the deep penetration of 3G/4G wireless networks and smart mobile devices that are seamlessly integrated with online social networking and media-sharing services. Despite increasingly abundant bandwidth and computational resources, the everincreasing volume of data created by user-generated video content—along with the boundless coverage of socialized sharing—presents unprecedented challenges. I