Buffer control scheme in multimedia synchronization

Author

Hac, A. ; Xue, Cindy X.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 Feb 1997

Firstpage

516

Lastpage

522

Abstract

We present a complete synchronization scheme for multimedia information systems. The playout schedule is ensured by setting medium retrieval schedule based on the suitable control time at each different medium servers and by providing a suitable buffer for each medium at the client side. Because of the asynchronous nature of the network and the host operating system, certain buffer management at client side is also needed. We test three buffer control algorithms: switch, first order delay, and second order delay

Keywords

buffer storage; delays; information systems; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; network operating systems; storage management; synchronisation; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication networks; asynchronous network; buffer control algorithms; buffer management; control time; first order delay; host operating system; medium retrieval schedule; medium servers; multimedia information systems; multimedia synchronization; second order delay; switch control; Clocks; Delay; Jitter; Material storage; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Processor scheduling; Streaming media; Switches; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, 1997. IPCCC 1997., IEEE International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, Tempe, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3873-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1997.581558

Filename

581558