Title :
A protocol architecture for guaranteed quality of service in collaborated multimedia applications
Author :
Bashandy, Ahmed ; Paul, Raymon ; Baqai, Shahab ; Sedigh, Sahra ; Fahmi, Husni ; Ghafoor, Arif
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
The role of multimedia applications in our day-to-day life has dramatically increased in the last few years. In this paper, we present an architectural framework for the distributed multimedia systems. The architecture consists of three layers: the application layer, the configuration and synchronization layer, and the network layer. The three layers are backed up by two backbone layers, namely, the database and the computational backbone. We present a precise description of each layer together with formal specifications using finite state automata
Keywords :
formal specification; groupware; multimedia systems; protocols; quality of service; synchronisation; application layer; architectural framework; backbone layers; collaborated multimedia; computational backbone; database; distributed multimedia systems; finite state automata; formal specifications; network layer; protocol architecture; quality of service; synchronization layer; Application software; Automata; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Distributed computing; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Quality of service; Spine;
Conference_Titel :
Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, 1999. ASSET '99. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Richardson, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0122-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASSET.1999.756760
