Multimedia communication

Author

Wolf, Lars C. ; Griwodz, Carsten ; Steinmetz, Ralf

Author_Institution

IBM Eur. Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Volume

85

Issue

12

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1915

Lastpage

1933

Abstract

Multimedia communication deals with the transfer, protocols, services, and mechanisms of discrete media data (such as text and graphics) and continuous media data (like audio and video) in/over digital networks. Such a communication requires all involved components to be capable of handling a well-defined quality of service (QoS). The most important QoS parameters are used to request: (1) the required capacities of the involved resources, (2) compliance to end-to-end delay and jitter as timing restrictions, and (3) restriction of the loss characteristics. In this paper, we describe the necessary issues and study the ability of current networks and communication systems to support distributed multimedia applications. Further, we discuss upcoming approaches and systems that promise to provide the necessary mechanisms and consider which issues are missing for a complete multimedia communication infrastructure

Keywords

delays; digital communication; jitter; multimedia communication; transport protocols; audio; capacities; communication infrastructure; continuous media; digital networks; discrete media data; distributed multimedia applications; end-to-end delay; graphics; jitter; loss characteristic; protocols; quality of service; services; text; timing restrictions; transfer; video; Communication industry; Computer networks; Graphics; Information technology; Multimedia communication; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Quality of service; TV;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.650175

Filename

650175