Ensuring quality in distributed multimedia systems

Author

Paul, Ray ; Khan, M. Farrukh ; Baqai, Shahab ; Ghafoor, Arif

Author_Institution

Testing & Evaluation, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

21-22 Oct 1996

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

67

Abstract

The use of multimedia technology can provide cost effective methods for management and dissemination of information, and thus increase economic efficiency. Distributed, networked multimedia information systems will be a critical component of technology-based information infrastructures in the future. Several ground breaking applications have already appeared, and more are expected to follow. Innovations in hardware and software are feeding this revolution. In this paper, the notion of quality for multimedia data transferred over the networks is developed. Multimedia data synchronization requirements are specified to ensure high quality delivery of multimedia information. Accordingly we propose synchronization techniques in a client server environment

Keywords

client-server systems; costing; distributed databases; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; software quality; synchronisation; client server environment; cost effective methods; distributed multimedia systems; economic efficiency; high quality delivery; information dissemination; information infrastructures; information management; multimedia data synchronization; networked multimedia information systems; software quality; synchronization techniques; Application software; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Laboratories; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Streaming media; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Assurance Systems Engineering Workshop, 1996. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Niagara on the Lake, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7629-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HASE.1996.618566

Filename

618566