Title :
The multimedia gateway: an evolution towards switched video services
Author :
Bisdikian, Chatschik C. ; Schaffa, Frank A.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Res., IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present the multimedia gateway solution which represents an evolutionary approach for providing a natural migration to digital switched video services. We also present some initial analysis reflecting performance issues for a multimedia gateway
Keywords :
digital television; interactive video; multimedia communication; network servers; queueing theory; digital switched video services; multimedia gateway; performance; queueing model; switched video services; video on demand systems; Availability; Electronic mail; Milling machines; Motion pictures; Multimedia systems; Performance analysis; Rivers; TV; Telephony; US Department of Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1996., Proceedings 21st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7617-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1996.558131
