Title :
A distributed system client/server architecture for interactive multimedia applications
Author_Institution :
Video Interactive Inf. Syst. Group, Digital Equipment Corp., Shrewsbury, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses a distributed Client/Server architecture for interactive multimedia applications. It begins by identifying properties of these applications and its requirements. A simple model of the system is described prior to the description of the distributed multimedia server and client architecture. A brief description of various network choices to connect the server and the client is given.
Keywords :
client-server systems; multimedia systems; network servers; client/server architecture; distributed multimedia; distributed system; interactive multimedia; multimedia server; network choices; Cable TV; Communication cables; Computer architecture; Internet telephony; Motion pictures; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Search engines; Video on demand;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '96. 'Technologies for the Information Superhighway' Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7414-8
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1996.501771
