Multimedia file sharing in multimedia home or office business networks

Author

Na, Jun ; Rajaravivarma, V.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Technol., Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

16-18 March 2003

Firstpage

237

Lastpage

241

Abstract

Today, many computer users in business and industry are adopting Macintosh computers as a primary multimedia tool because of its superior video, images, and sound. Although many cross-platform file types are currently available, connection type depends mainly on network purpose, and media types are sufficiently diverse that uninformed users can encounter serious problems. This paper presents a simple network solution that will enable home users and small or large businesses to share files, printer, and Internet service seamlessly.

Keywords

Apple computers; IBM compatible machines; electronic data interchange; internetworking; multimedia computing; transport protocols; Apple Macintosh computers; Intel-based personal computers; Internet service; Microsoft Windows system; TCP/IP; connection type; cross-platform file types; cross-platform network; media types; multimedia tool; network purpose; Application software; Computer networks; Intelligent networks; Joining processes; Multimedia systems; Peer to peer computing; Personal communication networks; Printers; Protocols; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, 2003. Proceedings of the 35th Southeastern Symposium on

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7697-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.2003.1194565

Filename

1194565