A flexible middleware for multimedia communication design, implementation, and experience.

Distributed multimedia applications require a variety of communication services. These services and different application requirements have to be provided and supported within: (1) end-systems in an efficient and integrated manner, combining the precise specification of quality-of-service (QoS) requ...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications 17, 9 (1999).
Main Author:	Stiller, B.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Da CaPo++ system. QoS. Communication protocols. Communication services. Distributed multimedia applications. Efficient runtime support. Encryption requirements. End-system middleware. Flexible middleware. Multicast support. Multimedia communication. Object-oriented application programming interface. Performance evaluations. Picture phone. Quality-of-service. Real-life applications. Security features.