Title :
Towards multimedia communication services
Author :
Carmo, Luiz F Rust da Costa ; Courtiat, Jean-Pierre ; De Saqui-Sannes, Pierre
Author_Institution :
LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
A set of basic synchronization facilities is identified that can be expected from a general-purpose, multimedia communication service. Formalization relies on the concept of temporal signature previously introduced for characterizing the temporal properties of multimedia streams. The authors discuss several mechanisms related to temporal signature preservation. Dependency relationships among the delivered information units are further considered. The authors propose a set of service primitives, which may be seen as a first step in the definition of a synchronization layer on top of a transport service
Keywords :
multimedia systems; synchronisation; telecommunication services; basic synchronization facilities; dependency relationships; formalization; information units; multimedia communication services; multimedia streams; service primitives; synchronization layer; temporal signature preservation; transport service; Automatic control; Communication system control; Delay; Electronic mail; Filters; Jitter; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Streaming media; Video compression;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1993., Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Future Trends of
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4430-3
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344172
