A portable multimedia terminal

Author

Sheng, Samuel ; Chandrakasan, Anantha ; Brodersen, R.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

30

Issue

12

fYear

1992

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

75

Abstract

A personal communications system (PCS) that centers on integration of services to provide access to data and communications using a specialized, wireless multimedia terminal is described. The possible applications and support systems for such a terminal are outlined. Several of the major design issues behind portable multimedia terminals, including spectrally efficient picocellular networking, low-power digital design, video data compression, and integrated wireless RF transceivers, are discussed. It is argued that optimizing performance in each of these areas is crucial in meeting the performance requirements of the overall system and providing a small, lightweight terminal for personal communications.<>

Keywords

multimedia systems; personal communication networks; telecommunication equipment; integrated wireless RF transceivers; low-power digital design; personal communications system; picocellular networking; portable multimedia terminal; support systems; video data compression; wireless multimedia terminal; Computer displays; Computer science; Databases; Distributed computing; Network servers; Personal communication networks; Portable computers; Telephony; Video compression; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.210358

Filename

210358