A low cost wireless multimedia player based on 802.11b

Author

Lin, Po-Chuan ; Wan, Jhing-Fa ; Tang, Chif-Pin ; Huang, Tzu-Hsuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2003

fDate

17-19 June 2003

Firstpage

268

Lastpage

269

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a low cost wireless multimedia player based on the IEEE 802.11b wireless protocol. By using this wireless protocol, the multimedia streams are transmitted from a server over the Ethernet to an AP (access point). Moreover, every player can receive signals in the wireless environment. According to the open source feature, the budgets of the software development tools in drivers, OS kernel, GUI interface, audio/video output library, and application programs are free. Furthermore, we sift the hardware components from general multi-function devices. By taking these advantages, the cost could be greatly reduced.

Keywords

IEEE standards; device drivers; graphical user interfaces; multimedia communication; operating system kernels; public domain software; software libraries; software tools; wireless LAN; Ethernet; GUI; IEEE 802.11b; OS kernel; access point; application programs; audio/video output library; drivers; multimedia streams; open source; software development tools; wireless multimedia player; wireless protocol; Access protocols; Application software; Costs; Ethernet networks; Graphical user interfaces; Kernel; Programming; Software libraries; Streaming media; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2003. ICCE. 2003 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7721-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2003.1218917

Filename

1218917