Achieving multimedia communications on a heterogeneous network

Author

Chow, Ching-Hua ; Adachi, Motomitsu

Author_Institution

Bell Commun. Res., Morristown, NJ, USA

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

348

Lastpage

359

Abstract

A heterogeneous intelligent network has been designed and implemented to allow multimedia real-time communications and messaging among local area network workstations with logically associated speakerphones and among ISDN voice/data terminals with transparent tablets on top of bitmap screens and stylus pens. The architecture, presentation, editing, storage, and retrieval of multimedia documents in these two different kinds of terminals are described. The messages and protocol conversion facilities used for multimedia communications are presented, as are the lessons learned in internetworking a local area network with ISDN

Keywords

ISDN; intelligent networks; interactive terminals; local area networks; workstations; ISDN voice/data terminals; architecture; bitmap screens; documents retrieval; editing; heterogeneous intelligent network; internetworking; local area network workstations; multimedia real-time communications; presentation; protocol conversion; real time messaging; speakerphones; storage; stylus pens; transparent tablets; Access protocols; Communication standards; Ethernet networks; ISDN; Internetworking; Local area networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Switches; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.53011

Filename

53011