network algorithms

Kuaishou Audio & Video Technology

Oct 25, 2021 · Operations

How DAP Beats Traditional Congestion Control in Real-Time Video Streaming

The DAP system, developed by Kuaishou’s audio‑video network transmission team, won the ACM MM 2021 Grand Challenge by introducing deadline‑aware scheduling and a novel paired‑sending congestion control algorithm that dramatically improves QoE for real‑time video streams, outperforming Copa, BBR and DRL by up to 43.5%.

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How DAP Beats Traditional Congestion Control in Real-Time Video Streaming

Efficient Ops

Oct 24, 2019 · Operations

How Load Balancing Powers Scalable Web Services: Types, Tools, and Algorithms

Load balancing distributes client requests across multiple servers to improve performance, reliability, and scalability, and can operate at different OSI layers—L2, L3, L4, and L7—using various techniques such as round‑robin, hash, and dynamic algorithms, with popular software solutions like LVS, Nginx, and HAProxy.

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How Load Balancing Powers Scalable Web Services: Types, Tools, and Algorithms