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Modeling Interactive Digital TV Users Behavior

Authors:
Samuel Basilio

Keywords: Digital TV; Model; User Behavior; Interaction; Simulation.

Abstract:
The performance evaluation required in the proposition of new large scale distributed systems usually faces the challenge of correct characterization of the load that is imposed on them. In the case of proposals in the area of Digital Television (TV), including terrestrial, cable, Satellite and IPTV, obtaining such a characterization from real deployment scenarios has proved to be a very difficult accomplishment due to the impediment experimental access to these distribution networks in operation. Thus, a researcher usually uses simulations that impose work loads crudely approximated, or even fictitious oversized to your system, leading uncertainty to potential service providers regarding the optimal sizing of the equipment required. Here, we present a mathematical model of simple implementation, able to represent the behavior of users of Digital TV. The model can be parameterized to represent different states of behavior about the system to be simulated, and thus adapt to various scenarios of interest. We also show how this model was used in the performance analysis of a proposed service provider.

Pages: 146 to 150

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: June 21, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3484

ISBN: 978-1-61208-416-9

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: from June 21, 2015 to June 26, 2015