An Object-Oriented Architecture for the Real-Time Transmission of Multimedia Data Streams

Thomas Peuker
Institut für Mathematische Maschinen
und Datenverarbeitung (Informatik) IV
Lehrstuhl für Betriebssyteme
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen, Tue Mar 18 21:07:17 MET 1997

• Abstract
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Requirements of Multimedia Applications
  • Characteristics of Multimedia Systems
    • Multimedia Data Streams
    • Multimedia Application Categories
    • Resource Demands of Multimedia Applications
    • Quality Of Service
  • Process Management
    • Requirements
    • Scheduling Strategies
  • Multimedia-Data Transmission
    • Multi-Point Communication
    • Quality-of-Service Control
    • Flow Control
• Transmission of Multimedia Data
  • Internet Integrated Services Architecture
    • Introduction
    • Flow and Service Description
    • Integrated Services Model
    • Traffic Control Module
    • Resource ReSerVation Protocol---RSVP
    • Internet Multicasting
    • Integrated Services in IP-ATM Networks
  • Multimedia Transport Protocols
    • Requirements and Benefits
    • RTP
  • Case Studies
    • Multimedia Conferencing
    • Media On Demand
• Multimedia Data Transmission and Object Orientation
  • The Object-Oriented Paradigm
  • Overview of Object-Oriented Design Approaches for Multimedia Applications
  • Data Streams
    • Components
    • Integration of Network Communication
  • Object Streams
    • Differences from the Data Stream Model
    • Object Reification
• Design of a Multimedia Transmission Architecture
  • Design Goals
  • Architectural Overview
  • Local Data Flow
    • Media Elements
    • Intra-Application Data Flow
  • Network Communication
    • Transmission of Multimedia Data Streams
    • Session Description and Announcement
  • User Interface
• Implementation in Java
  • Programming Language and Runtime Environment
  • Intra-Application Data Flow Components
    • StreamExporters
    • Streams
    • Producers
    • Consumers
  • Inter-Application Data Flow Components
    • Connections
    • Sources
    • Profiles
    • CoDecs
    • Sessions
  • Session Announcement and Description Objects
    • SessionAgents
    • SessionMappers
  • Managers
    • AppManagers
    • GuiManagers
    • StreamManagers
    • SessionManagers
• Conclusions
  • Summary
  • Performance Evaluation of the mmstream Implementation
  • Future Work
• RTP and RTCP
  • RTP Message Format
    • RTP Common Header
    • RTP Header Extension
  • RTCP Message Formats
    • Sender Report RTCP Packets (SR)
    • Receiver Report RTCP Packets (RR)
    • Goodbye RTCP Packets (BYE)
    • Source Description RTCP Packets (SDES)
    • Application-Defined RTCP Packets (APP)
• RSVP
  • RSVP Object Formats and Construction Rules
    • Per-Object Header
    • Per-Service Data Header
    • Parameter Encoding
  • Controlled-Load and Guaranteed Services Objects
    • RSVP SENDER_TSPEC Object
    • RSVP FLOWSPEC Objects
    • RSVP ADSPEC Objects
  • RSVP Message Format
    • RSVP Common Header Format
    • RSVP Object Encapsulation Format
    • Format of selected RSVP messages
  • RAPI Function Prototypes
    • rapi_session Function
    • rapi_sender Function
    • rapi_reserve Function
    • rapi_release Function
• References
• Index
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