• DocumentCode
    1874066
  • Title

    A mini-cell architecture for networked multimedia workstations

  • Author

    Lunn, A.S. ; Scott, A.C. ; Shepherd, W.D. ; Yeadon, N.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput., Lancaster Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    15-19 May 1994
  • Firstpage
    285
  • Lastpage
    294
  • Abstract
    High speed networks and multimedia place significant demands on end-systems. The approach at Lancaster has been to develop multimedia enhancement units with high-speed network support for conventional workstations. This paper outlines how these enhancement units have developed from the early transputer based designs to hardware implementations. We argue that mini-cell based inter-device communication leads to efficient implementation of such enhancement units and detail two implementations based on this approach-the LANC and the MEND
  • Keywords
    local area networks; multimedia systems; network interfaces; workstations; LANC; MEND; hardware implementations; high speed networks; high-speed network support; inter-device communication; mini-cell architecture; networked multimedia workstations; transputer based designs; Communication system interfaces; Local area networks; Multimedia communication; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-5530-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMCS.1994.292470
  • Filename
    292470