Title :
Achieving multimedia communications on a heterogeneous network
Author :
Chow, Ching-Hua ; Adachi, Motomitsu
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Morristown, NJ, USA
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A heterogeneous intelligent network has been designed and implemented to allow multimedia real-time communications and messaging among local area network workstations with logically associated speakerphones and among ISDN voice/data terminals with transparent tablets on top of bitmap screens and stylus pens. The architecture, presentation, editing, storage, and retrieval of multimedia documents in these two different kinds of terminals are described. The messages and protocol conversion facilities used for multimedia communications are presented, as are the lessons learned in internetworking a local area network with ISDN
Keywords :
ISDN; intelligent networks; interactive terminals; local area networks; workstations; ISDN voice/data terminals; architecture; bitmap screens; documents retrieval; editing; heterogeneous intelligent network; internetworking; local area network workstations; multimedia real-time communications; presentation; protocol conversion; real time messaging; speakerphones; storage; stylus pens; transparent tablets; Access protocols; Communication standards; Ethernet networks; ISDN; Internetworking; Local area networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Switches; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
