Title :
A synchronization and flow control scheme for interactive multimedia-on demand (MOD) systems
Author :
Huang, Chung-Ming ; Wang, Chian ; Kung, Hsu-Yang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
Synchronization control with VCR-like user interactions in the multi-stream environment is very complicated and difficult. The main reasons are that: (i) those media units stored in the client buffers and flowing in the networks may be either useful or useless when the user interaction is issued, and (ii) the servers´ media transmission should be adjusted according to the presentation status of the client. Additionally, different VCR-like user interactions have their own processing considerations, which result in different control schemes for different VCR-like user interactions. We propose some control schemes to handle interactive multimedia communication in the distributed multi-stream environment and develop an MOD system on SUN SPARC workstations accordingly
Keywords :
interactive systems; multimedia systems; synchronisation; user interfaces; MOD system; SUN SPARC workstations; VCR-like user interactions; client buffers; control schemes; distributed multi-stream environment; flow control scheme; interactive multimedia communication; interactive multimedia-on-demand systems; media transmission; media units; multi-stream environment; presentation status; processing considerations; synchronization control; user interaction; Buffer storage; Communication channels; Control systems; Graphics; Internet; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Streaming media; Sun; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Iwate
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0568-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.2000.857681