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Advanced multimedia applications such as those being developed within Ambient Intelligence typically share common characteristics, viz. the need to be able to access a wide variety of multimedia content using a heterogeneous communication and consumption infrastructure, in combination with low cost and low power requirements. The fact that a large variety of heterogeneous multimedia content has potentially to be dealt with (depending on user preferences and interaction) can lead to a cost inefficient overdimensioning of network and terminal resources. To tackle this issue, advanced resource management techniques are needed that make trade-offs on the fly to match the content bandwidth, the media coding and rendering complexity to the available network and terminal resources, while maximizing the overall perceived quality. This process is often referred to as Quality of Service (QoS) management. This paper illustrates the need to perform aspects of the overall QoS management on the terminal (Terminal QoS). The Terminal QoS for 3D graphics rendering on a software terminal (TriMedia set-top box) and reconfigurable platform is described in detail.
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Bormans, J., Ngoc, N.P., Deconinck, G., Lafruit, G. (2003). Terminal QoS: Advanced Resource Management for Cost-Effective Multimedia Appliances in Dynamic Contexts. In: Basten, T., Geilen, M., de Groot, H. (eds) Ambient Intelligence: Impact on Embedded Sytem Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48706-3_10
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