Title :
Experiments with client/server multimedia on token ring
Author :
Amer, Khaled ; Christensen, Ken ; Toher, Tom
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
The capabilities of a 16-Mb/s token ring to support multimedia applications, and simultaneously carry data and multimedia traffic are demonstrated. The token ring´s priority mechanism makes it possible to effectively isolate multimedia and data traffic. Bandwidth management is then needed to allocate a guaranteed bandwidth to multimedia traffic. A simple form of bandwidth management limits the number of active multimedia sessions on a token ring segment. With bandwidth management implemented in a multimedia server, client/server multimedia applications on a single token ring segment can become a reality
Keywords :
client-server systems; multimedia communication; token networks; 16 Mbit/s; bandwidth management; client/server multimedia; multimedia traffic; token ring; Bandwidth; Laboratories; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Page description languages; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Token networks; Traffic control; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1993., Proceedings., 18th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4510-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1993.591177
