Experience with the VuNet: A network architecture for a distributed multimedia system

Author

Adam, Joel F. ; Houh, Henry H. ; Tennenhouse, David L.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

19-22 Sep 1993

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

76

Abstract

The VuNet is a gigabit-per-second desk/local-area asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network built in the context of the ViewStation distributed multimedia project. The ViewStation system takes a software-intensive approach to multimedia where real-time data are processed at the application level and not in specialized hardware. The VuNet hardware is specifically designed to support this software model. The VuNet hardware and is described, and the results of experiments in which video is transported across the system are presented

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; local area networks; multimedia communication; ViewStation distributed multimedia project; VuNet; application level; distributed multimedia system; gigabit-per-second desk; local-area asynchronous transfer mode; network architecture; software model; software-intensive approach; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Control systems; Hardware; Laboratories; Multimedia systems; Teleconferencing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1993., Proceedings., 18th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4510-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1993.591185

Filename

591185