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Distributed multimedia applications make use of high-speed networks
to transmit data units. Processing of multimedia data is done at
end-systems. Appropriate support is required to provide for
integrated processing and communicating of multimedia data streams
and for efficient development of distributed multimedia
applications. It is given by a middleware layer which uses services
of operating systems and networks and enriches them by protocols and
mechanisms to offer multimedia system services including multimedia
communication, resource reservation, synchronization and
configuration management. By that, the gap between system services
of general purpose operating systems and the requirements of
developing distributed multimedia applications is closed. The CINEMA
(Configurable INtEgrated Multimedia Architecture) system is such a
middleware layer which offers abstractions to develop arbitrarily
structured multimedia applications and provides protocols and
mechanisms to control them. Its multimedia system services are
accessible via easy-to-use interfaces.
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Brest, France: not available
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Text
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| Article in Proceedings
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| source |
In: Kühn, Paul (ed.): Proceedings of the 4th Open Workshop on
High-Speed Networks, pp. 208-213
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| ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-1994-04/INPROC-1994-04.ps
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| contributor |
Verteilte Systeme (IPVR)
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| format |
application/postscript
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| subject |
Information Systems (CR H)
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