Title :
Experiences from multimedia user trials: user aspects, technical problems, and future concepts
Author :
Humer-Hager, T. ; Cronjaeger, S.
Author_Institution :
Public Commun. Networks, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Main experiences from the multimedia user trials are presented. Joint projects with users, operators, and manufacturers of information processing and telecommunication equipment are necessary to understand user requirements and to translate them in corresponding technical requirements for workstations, networks, and interconnection devices. Short term solutions for project prototypes suffer mainly from high costs for experimental equipment and from compatibility problems between equipment of different manufacturers. Due to expensive tariffs for public broadband networks most multimedia applications run in a local environment. ATM components and networks will be able to efficiently support all aspects of multimedia communications
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; human factors; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; ATM components; compatibility problems; experimental equipment; future concepts; information processing; interconnection devices; joint projects; local environment; multimedia applications; multimedia communications; multimedia user trials; project prototypes; public broadband networks; tariffs; technical problems; technical requirements; telecommunication equipment; user aspects; user requirements; Asynchronous transfer mode; Banking; Communication networks; Multimedia systems; Postal services; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Video sharing; Videoconference; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Communications, 1994. MULTIMEDIA '94., 5th IEEE COMSOC International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/IWMC.1994.601236
