Title :
Towards support for heterogeneous multimedia communications
Author :
Wittmann, Ralph ; Zitterbart, Martina
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Oper. Syst. & Comput. Networks, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
Today, we are faced with a huge variety of multimedia and collaborative applications, networks and end-systems. The resulting heterogeneous environment imposes new challenges on transport systems. To meet the requirements of heterogeneous receivers in multi-point communication, a communication framework based on a so-called group mediator is outlined. Group mediators are located within the network and provide multicast support for CSCW and multimedia applications. QoS filters are discussed as group mediator modules. Initial work on signalling filter functions is presented
Keywords :
filters; groupware; multimedia communication; telecommunication signalling; CSCW; collaborative applications; group mediators; heterogeneous multimedia communications; heterogeneous receivers; multi-point communication; multicast support; service quality filters; signalling filter functions; transport systems; Application software; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer networks; Error correction; Information filtering; Information filters; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Operating systems;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1997., Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Future Trends of
Conference_Location :
Tunis
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8153-5
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1997.644747
