Author :
Furht, Borko ; Kalra, Deven ; Kitson, Frederick L. ; Rodriguez, Arturo A. ; Wall, William E.
Author_Institution :
Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
Computing, communication, and relevant standards are on the brink of enabling thousands of people to enjoy the services offered by large, distributed multimedia systems in their own homes. Collectively, these services will include TV (basic, subscription, and pay-per-view), service navigator, interactive entertainment, digital audio, video-on-demand, home shopping, financial transactions, interactive single- and multiuser games, digital multimedia libraries, and electronic versions of newspapers, magazines, TV program guides, and yellow pages. It is obvious that current TV systems and architectures must be redesigned to support such services. In this article, we propose potential solutions to modify existing systems to support these new functions, and we discuss related matters
Keywords :
interactive television; interactive video; multimedia communication; digital audio; digital multimedia libraries; financial transactions; home shopping; interactive entertainment; interactive television systems; large distributed multimedia systems; multiuser games; service navigator; video-on-demand; Asynchronous transfer mode; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Computer architecture; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Optical fiber cables; Switches; Telephony;
