A comprehensive resource on multimedia communications. Covers recent trends and
standardization activities in multimedia communications, such as layered structures …

The introduction of mobile and broadband networks in complement to the existing satellite,
cable, and terrestrial platforms, opens new opportunities for interactive TV (ITV) applications …

Video-on-demand (VoD) applications place very high requirements on the delivery medium.
High-quality services should provide for a timely delivery of the data-stream to the clients …

Several works on multimedia storage appear in literature today, but very little if any, have
been devoted to handling long duration video retrieval, over large scale networks …

The CRIM project addresses the need for curricular guidelines and educational resources
for the Interactive Multimedia area. A digital library/repository allows educators to submit …

In this paper we present the design and explore the performance of a unicast-based
distributed system for Movie-on-Demand applications. The operation of multiple servers is …

This paper addresses the problem of delivering a long-duration continuous media
document, typically a movie, over unreliable communication links like the ones that make up …

Attending the rapid growth of B2B e-commerce is an equally rapid fragmentation of what
was once—and still is, in many quarters—conceived of as a global marketplace. Indeed, the …

Социально-экономический аспект. В современную эпоху информационно-
коммуникационные системы стали неотъемлемой частью жизни общества. В …

We present a new technique for radio and video broadcasting over the Internet, referred to
as IP Simulcast. IP Simulcast reduces the transmitter's bandwidth by distributing the network …