SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA STREAMING OF DISTRIBUTED CONTENTS USING NODE SWITCHING BASED ON CACHE SEGMENT ACQUISITION TIME

摘要

PURPOSE: A contents distributed storage type multimedia streaming system and a method thereof for using a cache segment acquisition time-based node switching for offering the efficient streaming service are provided to improve the entire performance of network. CONSTITUTION: A streaming controller(11) transmits requested contents with streaming to a client. A contents cache segment storage unit(12) stores the cache piece allocated to its own node. A cache segment store confirming unit(13) confirms the cache piece total acquisition time of each node. The cache piece storage quantity confirmation device decides the node in which the cache piece acquisition time as the streaming node.