Title :
Production-quality video over broadband networks: a system description and two interactive applications
Author :
Richard, William D. ; Cox, Jerome R. ; Engebretson, A. Maynard ; Fritts, Jason ; Gottlieb, Brian L. ; Horn, Craig
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Washington University MultiMedia eXplorer (MMX) is a complete, host-independent multimedia system capable of transmitting and receiving JPEG-compressed video, CD-quality audio, and high-resolution radiographic images over the Washington University broadband ATM network. If the host is equipped with an ATM interface card, normal network traffic can be supported via an ATM extension port on the MMX. The major components of the MMX are an ATMizer and three multimedia channels. The ATMizer implements the host interface, the interface to the ATM network, and the interface to the three multimedia channels. This paper describes the architecture of the MMX, the software used with the system, and two applications that have been developed to demonstrate the capability of broadband ATM networks for multimedia applications
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; diagnostic radiography; interactive video; local area networks; multimedia communication; network topology; ATM interface card; ATMizer; CD-quality audio; JPEG-compressed video; Washington University MultiMedia eXplorer; architecture; broadband ATM network; broadband networks; high-resolution radiographic images; host interface; host-independent multimedia system; interactive applications; medical video; multimedia channels; normal network traffic; production-quality video; software; system description; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadband communication; Computer science; Multimedia systems; Prototypes; Radiology; Switches; Testing; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
