Title :
Integrated signalling functionality for multimedia services
Author :
Stassinopoulos, G. ; Tselikis, G. ; Kotaras, T. ; Makris, D. ; Konstantoulakis, G. ; Manikis, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and implementation of a PC terminal supporting ATM signalling and its incorporation in an ATM test-bed for the provision of multimedia services. It presents the method that was adopted to test the signalling stack for compliance to the respective specifications. The role of signalling functionality in service provision is also assessed, both from the functional and performance evaluation point of view. The ATM terminal service provision capabilities were demonstrated with a real-time video distribution application and resulted in one of the first experiments, involving a multimedia application integrated with the signalling protocol stack infrastructure
Keywords :
B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; microcomputer applications; multimedia systems; protocols; telecommunication computing; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication signalling; visual communication; ATM signalling; ATM test-bed; PC terminal design; experiments; functional evaluation; integrated signalling; multimedia services; performance evaluation; real-time video distribution; service provision; signalling protocol stack infrastructure; signalling stack testing; Bit rate; Convergence; Error correction; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; Optical control; Optical variables control; Principal component analysis; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1997. Proceedings., Second IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7852-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.1997.615977
