Support for multiple bitrates

Status: operational prototype by October 2008

The goal is to support multiple bitrates and enable maximum video quality for a swarm. Our prototype supports multiple bitrates in a single swarm by offering 3 quality levels.

Thesis layout

Make the thesis readable for experts. The first chapters should be readable for distributed systems audience.

• Introduction (3 pages?)
  P2P intro, brief Tribler overview.
• Problem description (3+ pages?)
• Design (5+ pages?)
• Implementation (7+ pages?)
• Performance analysis (7+ pages?)
• Conclusions and future work

Figures

Run scenario's and show performance. Create a small swarm and change bandwidth. Perhaps use Trickle to run your code and limit bandwidth. Show the effect of various examples. Three prime primitives are the sharp bandwidth drop, the temporary drop, and the sharp permanent increase.