Multimedia communications for users

Author

Rosenberg, Jonathan ; Kraut, Robert E. ; Gomez, Louis ; Buzzard, C. Alan

Volume

30

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Research on next-generation multimedia communications services and technologies within a highly interdisciplinary research program that encompasses behavioral science, computer science, and electrical engineering is discussed. The authors state that they have taken an approach to their research that allows the needs of users and the demands of end-to-end applications to shape the future of the multimedia communications network. They use several examples to show how such a perspective affects the development of practical, advanced communications services. These examples span a wide range, including: empirical studies of people´s use of technology to communicate in collaborative work settings; the design of software supporting the real-time network delivery of interactive multimedia documents for casual information users in the home; and the creation of next-generation prototypes that support the transmission and viewing of multimedia information in homes, offices and classrooms.<>

Keywords

computer communications software; document delivery; interactive systems; multimedia systems; real-time systems; classrooms; collaborative work settings; end-to-end applications; homes; interactive multimedia documents; multimedia communications technologies; next-generation multimedia communications services; offices; real-time network delivery; software; user requirements; Application software; Behavioral science; Collaborative work; Communication networks; Communications technology; Computer science; Electrical engineering; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Software design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.137476

Filename

137476