APPARAUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERNET TV BRODACASTING SERVICE USING FAST BUFFERING SWITCH

摘要

A method and an apparatus for providing an Internet broadcasting service by using a fast buffering switch are provided to improve the delay of buffering generated as a video terminal stores initial streaming data in a buffer memory during a particular time when an Internet broadcast receiver switches a channel, thereby quickly switching the channel. An apparatus for providing an Internet broadcasting service by using a fast buffering switch comprises a channel message processing unit(324), a data storage unit(322), a broadcasting stream processing unit(321), and a broadcasting stream outputting unit(323). The channel message processing unit requests the transmission of streaming data for a broadcast channel through an access network(310) to which a user terminal requesting the reception of the broadcast channel is connected. A logical stream buffer is generated or deleted in the data storage unit. The broadcasting stream processing unit receives the streaming data for the requested broadcast channel from a broadcasting server(300), generates the stream buffer in the data storage unit, and stores the received streaming data. The broadcasting stream outputting unit copies the stored streaming data and transmits the stored streaming data to the user terminal in real time in order to perform multicast broadcasting.