A UNIX-based ATM multimedia architecture

Author

Zeadally, Sherali

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

1-3 Jul 1997

Firstpage

131

Lastpage

138

Abstract

Describes the design and implementation of a multimedia architecture for UNIX in an ATM environment. An ATM card has been designed for the EISA bus and provides host connectivity to an ATM network. Applications that use standard protocols such as TCP/IP are supported, as well as other applications that require a raw AAL5 service. To support continuous media applications such as digital video/audio, a kernel module has been designed and incorporated into the UNIX operating system. The kernel module provides an in-kernel data path which allows digital video/audio streaming directly between an ATM network adapter and a display device

Keywords

Unix; asynchronous transfer mode; multimedia communication; network operating systems; operating system kernels; system buses; transport protocols; AAL5 service; ATM card; ATM network adapter; EISA bus; TCP/IP; UNIX-based ATM multimedia architecture; continuous media applications; digital audio streaming; digital video streaming; display device; host connectivity; in-kernel data path; kernel module; standard protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer architecture; Hardware; Kernel; Magnetic heads; Network servers; Operating systems; Protocols; Videoconference; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1997. Proceedings., Second IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Alexandria

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7852-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.1997.615984

Filename

615984