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Integrating computing and telecommunications: A tale of two architectures

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Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 1991)

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The emerging importance of multimedia applications has led to many ideas about how best to support multimedia in a distributed environment. Lancaster University proposes one approach, i.e. start with models emerging from the Open Distributed Processing (ODP) standardization process, and extend them to incorporate multimedia services. Bellcore's Touring Machine proposes a different approach: let developers of multimedia applications specify an interface, and then design a network that meets the specification. Each approach has relevance, and an ideal environment must incorporate both, but questions remain about how the two perspectives fit together. We have contrasted and compared the Lancaster and Touring Machine approaches in an attempt to integrate their individual perspectives into one design. This paper documents our results.

The paper concludes by describing the advantages that result when we combine the two perspectives into one unifying object model. This is a large undertaking, requiring effort from both communities.

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  1. Bellcore MRE 2A-247, 445 South Street, 07962, Morristown, NJ, USA

    Lillian Ruston

  2. Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Department of Computing, Lancaster University, LA1 4YR, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK

    Nigel Davies

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Ruston, L., Blair, G., Coulson, G., Davies, N. (1992). Integrating computing and telecommunications: A tale of two architectures. In: Herrtwich, R.G. (eds) Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video. NOSSDAV 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 614. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55639-7_6

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