Communications requirements of multimedia applications: a preliminary study

Author

Kwok, Timothy

Author_Institution

Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

25-26 Jun 1992

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

142

Abstract

A preliminary study is presented that provides a framework to explore the communications requirements of wireless applications in general, with emphasis on multimedia applications. An estimate of bandwidth requirements for various basic common applications are given, from which network bandwidth requirements in different scenario can be evaluated. The delay and error characteristics for certain multimedia applications are described, along with possible implications about the suitability of contention-based and reservation-based MAC protocols. The author provides a basis for further investigating the networking requirements as well as the criteria for designing MAC protocols to support multimedia applications in the wireless environment

Keywords

multimedia systems; protocols; radio networks; contention-based MAC protocols; multimedia communications; network bandwidth requirements; networking requirements; reservation-based MAC protocols; wireless environment; Access protocols; Application software; Bandwidth; Communication networks; Media Access Protocol; Multimedia communication; Personal communication networks; Telephony; Videoconference; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0723-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWC.1992.200732

Filename

200732