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Waldvogel & Aschwanden
A Flexible Middleware for Multimedia Communication: Design, Implementation, and Experience
Burkhard Stiller, Christina Class, Marcel Waldvogel, Germano Caronni, Daniel Bauer:A Flexible Middleware for Multimedia Communication: Design, Implementation, and Experience,
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special Issue on Middleware, Volume 17, Number 9, Pages 1580-1598, September 1999.
Abstract
Distributed multimedia applications require a variety of com-munication 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) requirements, application interfaces, multicast support, and security features, and within (2) the network. The Da CaPo++ system presented here provides an efficient end-system middleware for multimedia applications, capable of handling various types of applications in a modular fashion. Application needs and communication demands are specified by values in terms of QoS attributes and functional properties, such as encryption requirements or multicast support. Da CaPo++ automatically configures suitable communication protocols, provides for an efficient run-time support, and offers an easy-to-use, object-oriented application programming interface. While its applicability to real-life applications was shown by prototype implementations, performance evaluations have been carried out yielding practical experiences and numerical results.Documents
- PDF (Technical Report)
- Related documents (CiteSeer/ResearchIndex)
- Part of the Da CaPo++ project
BibTeX entry
@Article{stiller99flexible,
Author = {Burkhard Stiller and Christina Class and Marcel
Waldvogel and Germano Caronni and Daniel Bauer},
Title = {A Flexible Middleware for Multimedia Communication:
Design, Implementation, and Experience},
Journal = {IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications},
Year = 1999,
Volume = 17,
Number = 9,
Pages = {1580--1598},
Month = sep
}