fybrrStream: A WebRTC based Efficient and Scalable P2P Live Streaming Platform

TL;DR

fybrrStream is a scalable, low-latency P2P live streaming platform using a hybrid topology that efficiently distributes load based on peer network conditions, achieving performance comparable to traditional services.

Contribution

The paper introduces fybrrStream, a novel hybrid topology-based P2P streaming platform that optimizes load distribution and reduces latency in live streaming.

Findings

Significant performance improvements over existing schemes

Low-cost operation comparable to hosting a simple website

Effective load distribution based on network conditions

Abstract

The demand for streaming media and live video conferencing is at peak and expected to grow further, thereby the need for low-cost streaming services with better quality and lower latency is essential. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a novel peer-to-peer (P2P) live streaming platform, called fybrrStream, where a logical mesh and physical tree i.e., hybrid topology-based approach is leveraged for low latency streaming. fybrrStream distributes the load on participating peers in a hierarchical manner by considering their network bandwidth, network latency, and node stability. fybrrStream costs as low as the cost of just hosting a light-weight website and the performance is comparable to the existing state-of-the-art media streaming services. We evaluated and tested the proposed fybrrStream platform with real-field experiments using 50+ users spread across India and results obtained show significant improvements in the live streaming performance over other schemes.