Multimedia network integration and management
By: Larry L. Ball.
Series: McGraw-Hill series on computer communications
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Multimedia systems.; Computer networks.
Other titles: Multimedia network integration & management
Description: Here is the first book to offer you engineering advice - including tools, methods, and techniques - for deploying multimedia networks with the reliability essential to today's business operations. This unique reference guide provides you with comprehensive coverage of the architectures, controls, signaling and modality, and applications requirements needed to cope successfully with the new and complex technical management issues relating to multimedia networks.

With emphasis on performance analysis and reliability, Multimedia Networks Integration and Management presents information on all major architectures, including NetView (IBM), UNMA (AT&T), and NetWare (Novell); discussions of make-or-break factors in the management of multimedia networks, which are so different from traditional networks; and dozens of real-life examples, fully illustrated with multiple video frame comparisons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.