Real-time communication in packet-switched networks

Author

Aras, C.M. ; Kurose, James F. ; Reeves, D.S. ; Schulzrinne, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

Volume

82

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

139

Abstract

The dramatically increased bandwidths and processing capabilities of future high-speed networks make possible many distributed real-time applications, such as sensor-based applications and multimedia services. Since these applications will have traffic characteristics and performance requirements that differ dramatically from those of current data-oriented applications, new communication network architectures, and protocols will be required. In this paper we discuss the performance requirements and traffic characteristics of various real-time applications, survey recent developments in the areas of network architecture and protocols for supporting real-time services, and develop frameworks in which these, and future, research efforts can be considered

Keywords

data communication systems; packet switching; performance evaluation; protocols; real-time systems; telecommunication traffic; communication network architectures; computer networks; high-speed networks; multimedia services; packet-switched networks; performance requirements; protocols; quality of service; real-time applications; real-time communication; sensor-based applications; traffic characteristics; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer science; High-speed networks; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber communication; Propagation delay; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.259431

Filename

259431