Keywords:
Data Communications and Networks 
Multimedia Systems and Applications 
Communications 
 
High-Speed Networking for Multimedia Applications 
 
edited by 
Wolfgang Effelsberg 
University of Mannheim, Germany 
Otto Spaniol 
Technical University of Aachen, Germany 
Andre Danthine 
University of Liege, Belgium 
Domenico Ferrari 
Universita Cattolica, Piacenza, Italy 
 
High-Speed Networking for Multimedia Applications 
presents the latest research on the architecture and protocols for 
high-speed networks, focusing on communication support for distributed 
multimedia applications. This includes the two major issues of ATM 
Networking and quality of service for multimedia applications.  
It is to be expected that most of the bandwidth in future high-speed 
networks will be taken up by multimedia applications, transmitting 
digital audio and video. Traditional networking protocols are not 
suitable for this as they do not provide guaranteed bandwidth, 
end-to-end delay or delay jitter, nor do they have addressing schemes 
or routing algorithms for multicast connections.  
 
High-Speed Networking for Multimedia-Applications is a 
collection of high quality research papers which address these issues, 
providing interesting and innovative solutions. It is an essential 
reference for engineers and computer scientists working in this area. 
It is also a comprehensive text for graduate students of high-speed 
networking and multimedia applications. 
 
Contents and Contributors:
Preface; W. Effelsberg, et al. 1. End-to-End 
Communication Across Hybrid Networks; M. Zitterbart, A. Fieger. 
2. Reduce Connection Awareness; E. Gauthier, et al. 
3. Is ATM a Continuity or a Discontinuity for the LAN 
Environment? A. Danthine, O. Bonaventure. 4. On the 
Performance of Networks Carrying Multimedia Traffic; F.A. 
Tobagi, I. Dalgic. 5. The Server Array: A 
Scalable Video Server Architecture; Ch. Bernhardt, E. Biersack. 
6. A Scalable Architecture for Multimedia Storage; D. Pegler, 
et al. 7. Aqua: An Adaptive End-System Quality of Service 
Architecture; K. Lakshman, R. Yavatkar. 8. Quality 
of Service Support for Protocol Processing Within Endsystems; R. 
Gopalakrishnan, G.M. Parulkar. 9. High performance Group 
Communication Services in ATM Networks; G. Carle, S. Dresler. 
10. Multimedia Transport Protocol and Multicast Communication; 
S. Fdida. 11. PET-Priority Encoding Transmission; 
A. Albanese, M. Luby. 12. Real-Time Communication in 
Shared-Medium High Speed LANs; P. Martini. 13. Batch 
Renewal Process: Exact Model of Traffic Correlation; D. Kouvatsos, 
R. Fretwell. 14. Residential Oriented Customer Premises 
Network Based on ATM Principles; R. Rocha, A. Casaca. 
15. Voice-Data Integrated Channel Access for Microcellular 
Networks Using Splitting RRA Algorithms; A.C. Cleary, M. 
Paterakis. 16. Wireless Access to High Speed Networks; A. 
Wolisz, et al. Index of Authors. 
 
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston 
 
Date of publishing: March 1996 
396 pp. 
Hardbound 
ISBN: 0-7923-9681-2 
Prices:
NLG: 229.00 
USD: 125.00 
GBP: 89.00 
 
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:Effelsberg, Wolfgang; High-Speed Networking for Multimedia 
Applications 
High-Speed Networking for Multimedia Applications 
Wolfgang Effelsberg 
Otto Spaniol 
Andre Danthine 
Domenico Ferrari 
Data Communications and Networks 
Multimedia Systems and Applications 
Communications 
March 1996