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In this paper we present a unified layered framework for the study and assessment of multimedia/hypermedia synchronization problems and solutions. The basic objective of this framework is to include the various synchronization mechanisms as well as their inter-dependence. In the process we also identify the lack of universally accepted multimedia/hypermedia synchronization performance measures and the problems it creates for the performance evaluation of the various synchronization schemes and their comparison. Using this unified layered framework we present potential performance measures and parameter tradeoffs. We position the various efforts within it, along with a proposed synchronization scheme for inter-stream synchronization at the communication system level.
The work described here is being carried out as part of the RACE II R2008 EuroBridge project
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Pronios, N.B., Bozios, T. (1994). Multimedia and hypermedia synchronization: A unified framework. In: Steinmetz, R. (eds) Multimedia: Advanced Teleservices and High-Speed Communication Architectures. IWACA 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 868. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58494-3_14
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