Resource management system for a broadband multipoint bridge

Author

Sreenan, Cormac J.

Author_Institution

Bell Lab., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

17-23 Jun 1996

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

77

Abstract

The use of a bridge (also known as a multipoint central unit) to enable multipoint communications over point to point narrowband-ISDN connections is well established. We deal with multipoint bridging for a broadband network environment. We explain the benefits of employing a bridge in that context and highlight the new design problems and challenges. Of particular importance is the need for a bridge resource management system which can be used in conjunction with end to end contracts for quality of service. We describe a model for managing bridge resources based on the estimated requirements of audio and video processing functions. Aspects of the initial system design are presented

Keywords

B-ISDN; computer network management; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; quality control; audio processing; bridge resource management system; broadband ISDN; broadband multipoint bridge; broadband network; design problems; end to end contracts; multimedia; multipoint central unit; multipoint communications; point to point narrowband ISDN; quality of service; video processing; Application software; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Bridges; Broadband communication; Communication system control; Context; Contracts; Resource management; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hiroshima

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7438-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMCS.1996.534957

Filename

534957