On media streaming application migration in pervasive environment

Abstract

Media streaming service over Internet has become more and more popular in recent years, with the emerging applications like Internet TV and VOD (Video on Demand) systems. In the context of pervasive computing, media streaming service is supposed to be available anytime and anywhere. In order to achieve pervasive media service, one of the most important issue is application migration, that is, migrating live streaming from one device to another without interruption. For example, people can watch football games in a moving car, and migrate the video to a pocket PC when leaving the car, and then continue enjoying the game in a TV screen after coming home. In this paper, we will address the technical issues for seamless media streaming migration in pervasive environment.