Video on Demand Systems: Technology, Interoperability and Trials

✍ Scribed by Shih-Fu Chang, Dimitris Anastassiou, Alexandros Eleftheriadis, John V. Pavlik (auth.), Shih-Fu Chang, Dimitris Anastassiou, Alexandros Eleftheriadis, John V. Pavlik (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 108
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Video on Demand Systems brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.
Video on Demand Systems serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-iii
Guest Editorial....Pages 1-4
DAVIC and Interoperability Experiments....Pages 5-18
ARMIDA™: Multimedia Applications across ATM-Based Networks Accessed via Internet Navigation....Pages 19-32
An Interoperability Test-Bed and Test Results for DAVIC 1.0 Specification....Pages 33-45
A VoD Application Implemented in Java....Pages 47-56
Columbia’s VoD and Multimedia Research Testbed with Heterogeneous Network Support....Pages 57-70
The Video-On-Demand Trial in Taiwan: A Partially DAVIC Compliant System....Pages 71-83
“NTT’s Joint Utilization Tests of Multimedia Communications”—Utilization Tests for CATV and VOD over FTTH....Pages 85-91
Interactive Television Trials and Marketplace Experiences....Pages 93-102
From Interactive Television to Internet Applications....Pages 103-108

✦ Subjects

Multimedia Information Systems; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Computer Science, general