Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems: 8th International Workshop, Idms 2001, Lancaster, Uk, September 2001 Proceedings

by Shopherd, Doug; Finney, Joe; Mathy, Laurent; Race, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9783540425304
• ISBN10: 3540425306
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems, IDMS 2001, held in Lancaster, UK, in September 2001.The 15 revised full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 3 abstracts of invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The book offers topical sections on media distribution, QoS issues in multimedia, multimedia middleware, congestion control and adaptation, and control of multimedia networks.

Table of Contents

Invited Presentation
QoS for Multimedia -- What's Going to Make It Pay?	1	(1)
Derek McAuley
Short Papers
New Resource Control Issues in Shared Clusters	2	(8)
Timothy Roscoe
Prashant Shenoy
Transport-Level Protocol Coordination in Cluster-to-Cluster Applications	10	(13)
David E. Ott
Ketan Mayer-Patel
Data to the People -- It's a Matter of Control	23	(6)
Mauricio Cortes
J. Robert Ensor
An Access Control Architecture for Metropolitan Area Wireless Networks	29	(9)
Stefan Schmid
Joe Finney
Maomao Wu
Adrian Friday
Andrew Scott
Doug Shepherd
Media Distribution
Design and Implementation of a QoS-A ware Replication Mechanism for a Distributed Multimedia System	38	(12)
Giwon On
Jens B. Schmitt
Ralf Steinmetz
Distribution of Video-on-Demand in Residential Networks	50	(12)
Juan Segarra
Vicent Cholvi
A QoS Negotiation Scheme for Efficient Failure Recovery in Multi-resolution Video Servers	62	(12)
Minseok Song
Heonshik Shin
Naehyuck Chang
QoS Issues in Multimedia
Tolerance of Highly Degraded Network Conditions for an H.323-Based VolP Service	74	(12)
Peter Holmes
Lars Aarhus
Eirik Maus
Conception, Implementation, and Evaluation of a QoS-Based Architecture for an IP Environment Supporting Differentiated Services	86	(13)
Fabien Garcia
Christophe Chassot
Andre Lozes
Michel Diaz
Pascal Anelli
Emmanuel Lochin
A Service Differentiation Scheme for the End-System	99	(11)
Domenico Cotroneo
Massimo Ficco
Giorgio Ventre
Invited Presentation
Enabling the Internet to Provide Multimedia Services	110	(1)
Markus Hofmann
Multimedia Middleware
Design and Application of TOAST: An Adaptive Distributed Multimedia Middleware Platform	111	(13)
Tom Fitzpatrick
Julian Gallop
Gordon Blair
Christopher Cooper
Geoff Coulson
David Duce
Ian Johnson
QoS Management Middleware: A Separable, Reusable Solution	124	(14)
Denise Ecklund
Vera Goebel
Thomas Plagemann
Earl F. Ecklund Jr.
Carsten Griwodz
Jan Oyvind Aagedal
Ketil Lund
Arne-Jorgen Berre
State Transmission Mechanisms for a Collaborative Virtual Environment Middleware Platform	138	(16)
Joao Orvalho
Pedro Ferreira
Fernando Boavida
Congestion Control and Adaptation
A Stable and Flexible TCP-Friendly Congestion Control Protocol for Layered Multicast Transmission	154	(14)
Ibtissam El Khayat
Guy Leduc
Content-Aware Quality Adaptation for IP Sessions with Multiple Streams	168	(13)
Dimitrios Miras
Richard J. Jacobs
Vicky Hardman
The Minimal Buffering Requirements of Congestion Controlled Interactive Multimedia Applications	181	(12)
Kang Li
Charles Krasic
Jonathan Walpole
Molly H. Shor
Calton Pu
Short Papers
Video Content Management Using Logical Content	193	(6)
Noromu Takahashi
Yuki Wakita
Shigeki Ouchi
Takayuki Kunieda
Adaptive Clustering Using Mobile Agents in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks	199	(6)
Robert Sugar
Sandor Imre
Mobile 4-in-6: A Novel Mechanism for IPv4/v6 Transitioning	205	(8)
Joe Finney
Greg O'Shea
The Case for Streaming Multimedia with TCP	213	(6)
Charles Krasic
Kang Li
Jonathan Walpole
Invited Presentation
The MPEG-21 Standard: Why an Open Multimedia Framework?	219	(2)
Fernando Pereira
Control of Multimedia Networks
Selecting the QoS Parameters for Multicast Applications Based on User Profile and Device Capability	221	(12)
Khalil El-Khatib
Gregor v. Bochmann
Yu Zhong
A Novel Group Integrity Concept for Multimedia Multicasting	233	(12)
Andreas Meissner
Lars Wolf
Ralf Steinmetz
Constraint-Based Configuration of Proxylets for Programmable Networks	245	(12)
Krish T. Krishnakumar
Morris Sloman
Author Index	257