Title :
Communications support for multimedia workstations
Author :
Scott, A. ; Ball, F. ; Hutchinson, David ; Lougher, P.
Author_Institution :
Lancaster Univ., UK
Abstract :
The authors review the development in multimedia workstations and identify the broad area of investigation required to enable the communication of multimedia information. Next, the Lancaster MNI project is outlined and its interface architecture and implementation described. Key research issues being tackled in the project are discussed, specifically quality of service and synchronization, then the network protocol emulator part of the project is briefly discussed. Finally, items of future work are identified
Keywords :
computer communications software; local area networks; packet switching; protocols; synchronisation; workstations; ATM; LAN; Lancaster MNI project; interface architecture; multimedia network interface; multimedia workstations; network protocol emulator; quality of service; synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 1991. Third IEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-502-8
