Providing support for real-time multimedia data transfer

Author

Schatzmayr, Rainer ; Fan, Changpeng

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

14-18 Nov 1994

Firstpage

969

Abstract

This paper describes the architecture of a front end system able to transfer real-time multimedia data. The system behaves as an interface between different multimedia sources/sinks such as audio/video devices, and an ATM network. Three important points of our work are described: the hardware architecture that consists of a parallel processing platform and external devices interfaces; the operating system that uses scheduling policy which exploits the characteristics of multimedia data and offers different classes of processes; the transport protocol mechanisms that provide support for real time multimedia data transfer

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; data communication; data communication equipment; multimedia communication; parallel processing; real-time systems; scheduling; transport protocols; ATM network; architecture; audio/video devices; external devices interfaces; front end system; hardware; operating system; parallel processing platform; providing support; real-time multimedia data transfer; scheduling policy; transport protocol mechanisms; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Hardware; High-speed networks; Multimedia systems; Operating systems; Optical fiber devices; Parallel processing; Real time systems; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2046-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1994.474259

Filename

474259