Title :
Multimedia applications and their bandwidth needs
Author :
Angi, Mike ; Lipoff, Stuart
Author_Institution :
Colony Commun., USA
Abstract :
Multimedia applications range from voice telephony to video on demand. Each application has very different bandwidth, switching, and traffic needs. This paper reviews typical cable TV architectures and basic communications system block diagrams. It defines the applications and explores the bandwidth resources needed to support a mix of these multimedia applications
Keywords :
cable television; interactive television; interactive video; multimedia communication; telephony; voice communication; bandwidth resources; cable TV architectures; communications system block diagrams; multimedia applications; switching; traffic; video on demand; voice telephony; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Digital modulation; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Local area networks; Multimedia systems; Quadrature amplitude modulation; TV broadcasting; Telephony; Video on demand;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, 1995., Proceedings of International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rosemont, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2140-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.1995.517945
