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VSync: Cloud based video streaming service for mobile devices

Baik et al., 2016

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1054966472738928055
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Baik E
Pande A
Zheng Z
Mohapatra P
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IEEE INFOCOM 2016-The 35th Annual IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications

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Synchronizing videos over file-hosting services on personal cloud such as Dropbox, Box or Onedrive leads to wastage in bandwidth and storage, which can be critical, while using mobile devices. Users can alternatively download the video on-the-go, but that leads to high …
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