Title :
Developing distributed multimedia telecommunication applications
Author :
Egelhaaf, Christian ; Moeller, Eckhard ; Schoo, Peter
Author_Institution :
GMD Fokus, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The emerging open services market transforms services into tradable goods. It involves users; customers; service, content, and middleware providers; and network operators. This market requires effective methods to: provide new services to meet niche market demands; support customized services; provide appropriate accounting and billing mechanisms; support personal and terminal mobility, and meet information interchange security requirements such as authorization, confidentiality, and integrity. Efficient processes will reduce investment risks and let us benefit from software and hardware product development advances. To meet these needs requires an appropriate infrastructure that supports the object oriented development of distributed multimedia telecommunication applications
Keywords :
computer networks; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; object-oriented programming; systems analysis; accounting; billing mechanisms; confidentiality; customized services; distributed multimedia telecommunication applications; hardware product development advances; information interchange security requirements; investment risks; middleware providers; network operators; niche market demands; object oriented development; open services market; terminal mobility; tradable goods; Application software; Collaboration; Communication system control; Control systems; Information security; Streaming media; Telecommunication computing; Teleconferencing; Video sharing; Videoconference;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
