Management of Multimedia on the Internet: 4th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services, MMNS 2001, Chicago [Paperback]

In recent years we have witnessed the explosion of multimedia traffic on the Internet. The availability of high bandwidth connections together with the recent advances in high quality video and audio compression techniques have created a fertile ground for the growth of multimedia applications such as interactive video on demand, collaborative distance learning, and remote medical diagnosis. Furthermore, the availability of low bit rate video and audio applications (e.g., H.263 and G.728) and the proliferation of pervasive devices create a new demand for wireless multimedia communication systems. After a decade or more of research and development in multimedia networking, the research community has learned a number of lessons. First, increasing the capacity of the best effort networks and services does not provide an effective and permanent solution for offering a guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS). Second, the integration of service and network management is a key element in providing end to end service management. Third, management techniques for Internet multimedia services must be scalable and adaptive to guarantee QoS and maintain fairness with optimal network resource.Management of Multimedia Traffic Streaming I.- A Hysteresis Based Approach for Quality, Frame Rate, and Buffer Management for Video Streaming Using TCP.- A Transmission Scheme for Streaming Variable Bit Rate Video over Internet.- MPEG-4 Video Transfer with TCP-Friendly Rate Control.- Resource Management in Wireless Multimedia.- IP Radio Resource Control System.- Is It Worth Involving Several Cooperating Agents for Multimedia Users Admission in Cellular Networks?.- Analysis of Random Access Protocol under Bursty Traffic.- Management of Multimedia Traffic Streaming II.- A Practical Model for VBR Video Traffic with Applications.- Enhancing Quality of MPEG Video through Partially Reliable Transport Service in Interactive Application.- Delivering of MPEG-4 Multimedia Content over Next Generation Il