Bibliography | Rothermel, Kurt; Helbig, Tobias: An adaptive stream synchronization protocol. University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Technical Report No. 1994/14. 20 pages, english.
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CR-Schema | C.2.2 (Network Protocols) C.4 (Performance of Systems) D.4.4 (Operating Systems Communications Management) D.4.8 (Operating Systems Performance)
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Keywords | Multimedia; Adaptive Stream Synchronization; Quality of Service |
Abstract | Protocols for synchronizing data streams should be highly adaptive with regard to both changing network conditions as well as to individual user needs. The stream synchronization protocol we are going to describe in this paper supports any type of distribution of the stream group to be synchronized. It incorporates buffer level control mechanisms allowing an immediate reaction on overflow or underflow situations. Moreover, the proposed mechanism is flexible enough to support a variety of synchronization policies and allows to switch them dynamically during presentation. Since control messages are only exchanged when the network conditions actually change, the message overhead of the protocol is neglectable.
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Department(s) | University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High-Performance Systems, Distributed Systems
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Entry date | June 24, 1996 |
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