Research Catalog

Title

Distributed multimedia through broadband communications / Daniel Minoli and Robert Keinath.

Author

Minoli, Daniel, 1952-

Publication

• Boston : Artech House, [1994]
• ©1994

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Details

Additional Authors

Keinath, Robert.

Description

xv, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Specifically written to address the business opportunities and challenges facing corporate managers, this book is also intended for use by corporate planners, communications managers, consultants and other telecommunications network professionals. The book focuses on the networked aspects and requirements of multimedia, describing how today's desktop multimedia systems will continue to evolve towards client/server applications and remotely distributed systems. It addresses such topics as video-conferencing, platforms (PCs and workstations), digital video encoding techniques and ATM advances in WANs.

Series Statement

The Artech House telecommunications library

Uniform Title

Artech House telecommunications library

Subject

• Multimedia systems
• Broadband communication systems
• Broadband communication systems
• Multimedia systems
• Breitbandübertragung
• Multimedia
• Verteiltes System
• Systèmes de télécommunications
• Multimédias interactifs

Note

• Cover title: Distributed multimedia through broadband communications services.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references.

Source (note)

• David Sarnoff Research Center Library/RCA Labs/Princeton, NJ;

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Background. 1.2. A Course of Interdisciplinary Investigation. 1.3. Business Applications of Multimedia -- Ch. 2. The Multimedia Environment and Communication Needs. 2.1. A Recent History of Multimedia. 2.2. Categorizing the Field. 2.3. Where Multimedia Is Today. 2.4. Areas of Current Research: Standards and Related Work. 2.5. The Commercial Outlook. 2.6. Future Trends. 2.7. A Balanced View -- Ch. 3. UNIX Workstations. 3.1. UNIX Workstations -- Hardware Architecture. 3.2. UNIX Workstations -- Software Architecture -- Ch. 4. Communication Technology -- Local Networking. 4.1. The ATM Approach. 4.2. Other Technologies. 4.3. Examples of Video-based Systems -- Ch. 5. Communication Technology: Wide Area/Remote Networking. 5.2. Key WAN Services for Multimedia. 5.3. The ITU-TS View of Multimedia in a WAN Context -- Ch. 6. Compression Standards and Communication Implications. 6.2. Video Coding Methods and Standards. 6.3. MIDI for Multimedia Applications and Platforms -- Ch. 7. Desktop and Traditional Video Conferencing and Communication Implications. 7.2. Applications and Benefits of Video Conferencing. 7.3. Typical Video-Conferencing User Arrangements. 7.4. Standards. 7.5. Video-Conferencing Market. 7.6. Video-Conferencing Products. 7.7. Graphics Support. 7.8. "Packet Video" 7.9. Commercially Available Desktop-Conferencing Products and Prototypes. 7.10. Media Spaces. 7.11. ATM Support of n x 64 Kbps Video Conferencing. 7.12. A Balanced View of Video Conferencing -- Ch. 8. Application Examples and Reliance on Communications. 8.1. Computer-supported Cooperative Work. 8.2. Independent Learning Applications. 8.3. Multimedia Publication -- The Media View System. 8.4. Visualization -- The Virtual Wind Tunnel. 8.5. Visualization -- A Three-Dimensional Anatomical Atlas -- Appendix A: Members of the ATM Forum -- Appendix B: List of Acronyms.

ISBN

• 0890066892
• 9780890066898
• 0890066842 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

93031143

OCLC

• ocm28631864
• 28631864
• SCSB-1519101

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library