On the System Parameters of Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming with Network Coding

Random linear network coding has been recently proved as a feasible solution to large-scale, peer-to-peer video dissemination over the Internet. In this paper, we use a simple analytical model to characterize and verify the efficiency of network coding in peer-to-peer video streaming systems. Several system parameters such as block size, server capacity, and peer aggressiveness are investigated with their influence on the system performance under flash crowd scenarios. Both our theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate that network coding can perform very close to the idealized scheduling algorithm for peer-to-peer video streaming.