High-Performance Networks for Multimedia Applications

ISBN-13: 9780792382744 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 185 str.

A. L. Danthine; Andre Danthine; Wolfgang Effelsberg

Opis

High-Performance Networks for Multimedia Applications presents the latest research on the services and protocols for networks providing the communication support for distributed multimedia applications.
The need for end-to-end QoS for these multimedia applications is raising the stakes for a powerful shaping and scheduling in the network adapter. It is also creating a need for new services at the ATM layer, CBR and VBR being augmented by UBR, ABR and GFR which have to be evaluated in the TCP/IP environment of today and tomorrow.
With the pressure of all the new technologies available today, the backbone architecture needs to be revisited and the success of the TCP/IP must not eliminate the possibility of adding a native ATM access to it.
Most of the research in communication services such as IntServ, DiffServ and Native ATM is driven by the requirements of multimedia systems and this book illustrates the new emphasis by bringing telecommunication and computer communication experts together with application designers. This is particularly true for the security issues also addressed here.
Last but not least, modeling techniques and mathematical models are essential to assess the performance of the networks to be built and to evaluate next century scenarios unachievable by a simple scaling of today's solutions.
High-Performance Networks for Multimedia Applications is a collection of high quality research papers and the in-depth treatment of the subjects provides interesting and innovative solutions. It is an essential reference for telecommunication and computer experts and QoS-based application designers. It is also a comprehensive text for graduate students in high-perforrnance networks and multimedia applications.

Spis treści

Preface A. Danthine, et al. 1. Advanced Traffic Shaping Combined with Efficient DMA Transfer; P. Gunningberg, J. Schiller. 2. A Simulation Study of TCP with the GFR Service Category; O. Bonaventure. 3. A Comparison of ABR and UBR to Support TCP Traffic for LAN Interconnection; S. Manthorpe, J.-Y. Le Boudec. 4. Interconnection of Local Area Networks via ATM; O. Spaniol, M. Schuba. 5. TCP/IP, ATM and IP Cell Switching; G. Pujolle. 6. Protocol Mechanisms for Native ATM Transport Services; R. Karabek. 7. Communication Services for Multimedia Systems; A. Mauthe, et al. 8. Internet-Based Secure Virtual Networks; L. Delgrossi, D. Ferrari. 9. Network Calculus Using Min-Plus System Theory; J.-Y. Le Boudec, P. Thiran. 10. Life-Considerations for Wide-Area Distribution of Multimedia Data; C. Griwodz, R. Steinmetz. Index of Authors

O autorze

Otto Spaniol (Jahrgang 1945) gehört zu den Informatikern 'der ersten Stunde' (oder vielleicht etwas bescheidener ausgedrückt: "des zweiten Monats") in Deutschland. Während des Mathe- und Physikstudium diffundierte er unter Anleitung seines Lehrmeisters Günter Hotz in die damals noch nicht offiziell existierende Informatik. Seine GI-Mitgliedsnummer (59) ist schon beinahe unwirklich niedrig. Nach einer Assistenzprofessur in Saarbrücken wurde er 1976 auf eine C3- Professur nach Bonn berufen und im Jahr 1981 auf den Lehrstuhl für Betriebssysteme an der Universität Frankfurt/Main. Durch seine Bonner Zeit zum Wahlrheinländer mutiert, zog es ihn in diese Gegend zurück. Seit 1984 war er bis zur Emeritierung im Jahr 2010 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls Kommunikation und verteilte Systeme an der RWTH Aachen. Die Absurditäten des täglichen Informatikwahnsinns veranlassten ihn schon früh zur Abfassung von manchmal recht bösartigen Glossen - meist unter dem Pseudonym "Alois Potton" (was genauer betrachtet ein Anagramm seines Namens ist).