Multimedia Networking
Subtitle: Technology, Management, and Applications
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: December 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9781930708143
Subjects: Computer Communications & Networking; Multimedia; Interactive & Multimedia; Computer Network Management; Multi-Media Hardware & Software; Computers; Computers - Communications / Networking; Computer Books: General; Networking - General; Computer networks; Multimedia systems; Computer Bks - Communications / Networking
First sentence: Distributed multimedia applications are characterized by timing constraints and end-to-end quality of service (QoS) requirements, and therefore need efficient management mechanisms to respond to transient changes in the load or the availability of the resources.