Real-time issues in distributed multimedia systems

Author

Furht, Borko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28-29 Apr 1994

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

97

Abstract

The fundamental characteristics of multimedia systems is that they incorporate continuous media, such as voice, video, and animated graphics. This implies the need for multimedia systems to handle data with strict timing requirements and at high rate. This article discusses important real-time issues in distributed multimedia systems including media synchronization, operating system support for continuous media, scheduling issues for on-demand multimedia applications, and real-time architectures of future interactive TV-converter boxes. Several solutions of these problems are presented in the article

Keywords

distributed databases; multimedia systems; real-time systems; synchronisation; animated graphics; distributed multimedia systems; interactive TV-converter boxes; media synchronization; on-demand multimedia applications; operating system support; real-time architectures; real-time issues; scheduling; timing requirements; video; voice; Animation; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Operating systems; Real time systems; Timing; Video compression; Video on demand; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, 1994. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6420-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPDRTS.1994.365645

Filename

365645