DocumentCode
1728815
Title
A distributed system client/server architecture for interactive multimedia applications
Author
Rege, S.
Author_Institution
Video Interactive Inf. Syst. Group, Digital Equipment Corp., Shrewsbury, MA, USA
fYear
1996
Firstpage
211
Lastpage
218
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compcon '96. 'Technologies for the Information Superhighway' Digest of Papers
Conference_Location
Santa Clara, CA, USA
ISSN
1063-6390
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7414-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1996.501771
Filename
501771
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