Implementation of MPEG 4 systems and delivery layer

MPEG4 is an open standard for the production, delivery and consumption of audiovisual content. The standard is divided into systems, audio and video, of which systems deals with object-based representation of audio-visual content. To facilitate the streaming of such object-based data streams, MPEG4 defines the delivery multimedia integration framework to provide a universal interface with the multitude of transport mechanisms available through open standards, such as RTP/UDP/IP. This paper focuses on the issues involved in the software implementation of MPEG4 systems in a terminal player, and the streaming of MPEG4 content from a server to the terminal player.