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From: nobuko@heel.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Nobuko (Koko) Nathan)
Subject: Video on demand --- info requested
Date: 5 Nov 1992 01:27:53 GMT

> I am doing a survey of research on "Video on demand".
> The idea is to keep a library of video data (e.g.
> video tapes for movies) and let users to down load
> whatever they want to their TV set at home through
> telephone line, or some kind of communication lines.
> I know the data set is too large for the telephone
> lines we have today,

Depends what you mean by "telephones lines".  If you mean the phone
network that runs to residences today, then yes, you're quite right (the
best you can attain on those right now is about 14.4 kb/s, with a
modem).  But there is a technology that is beginning to move out of the
lab that can support T1 rates (1.544 Mb/s) to most residences over the
existing copper plant.  This technology is known as ADSL (Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line).  If MPEG I-encoded video is acceptable to
people for entertainment video, then ADSL will support video-on-demand.

> but do you know anybody who is
> working on this type of project?  Or are you working
> on it right now?  If you do, please send me a mail.
> I'd like to get some information.  Any lead is
> appreciated.  Many thanks in advance.

Try the following for starters:

A. D. Gelman, H. Kobrinski, L. S. Smoot, S. B. Weinstein, M. Fortier and
D. Lemay
"A Store-and-forward Architecture for Video-on-demand Service"
IEEE ICC '91, Denver, CO

JR