The US West Advanced Technologies prototype multimedia communication system

Author

Bulick, Stephen ; Abel, Mark ; Corey, Doug ; Schmidt, Jill ; Coffin, Stephen

Author_Institution

US West Advanced Technologies, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

27-30 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1221

Abstract

The authors describe a prototype geographically distributed, real-time multimedia communication system currently in everyday use at US West Advanced Technologies. To test it, nine of approximately 40 researchers in the Science and Technology Division have been relocated from the US West Advanced technologies headquarters in Englewood, Colorado, to Boulder, Colorado, a distance of some 40 miles. After an explanation of the technical infrastructure of the system and some of the choices made in building it, the authors discuss some of the problems encountered and some of the lessons learned from this experience. The experience described is grouped into two main areas: (1) the engineering of the system, and (2) the behavioral and social aspects of using and living with the system

Keywords

data communication systems; human factors; multi-access systems; real-time systems; social aspects of automation; Boulder switching center configuration; Science and Technology Division; US West Advanced Technologies; US West Advanced technologies; behavioural aspects; prototype geographically distributed; real-time multimedia communication system; social aspects; system engineering; Cameras; Communication switching; Communications technology; Local area networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Prototypes; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64149

Filename

64149