CONIA: CONTENT (PROVIDER)-ORIENTED, NAMESPACE-INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION DELIVERY

We propose and present CONIA, a novel content (provider)oriented, namespace-independent architecture for multimedia information delivery. CONIA is designed specifically to account for the diversity and complexity of multimedia content, and to recognize the prominent roles of content providers (CPs) in the network economics of content delivery. In this paper, we provide an overview of the content delivery architecture of CONIA and outline the basic functions of its key components. Using several use cases, we illustrate the flexibility of CONIA in allowing for CPs to employ various control policies to dynamically handle user demands and meet users' quality-of-experience expectations.