From Multimedia Services to Network Services: 4th International COST 237 Workshop, Lisboa, Portugal, December 15-19, 1997. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The 4th International Cost 237 Workshop, Held In Lisboa, Portugal, In December 1997 Of The European Cost Programme On Multimedia Telecommunication Services. The 12 Revised Full Papers Presented Were Selected From 24 Submissions. The Topics Covered Include Multimedia Presentation, Qos Control, Electronic Commerce, Corba And Dce, Real-time Multimedia, Multimedia Conferenceing, Multicast Networking, Heterogeneous Communications Environments, And Others. Operator Based Composition Of Structured Multimedia Presentations / C. Keramane, A. Duda -- An End To End Price-based Qos Control Component Using Reflective Java 18 / J. Tassel, B. Briscoe, A. Smith -- Secco : Support Environment For Electronic Commerce / V. Tschammer [and Others] -- A Bridge For Heterogeneous Communication Between Corba And Dce / D.j. Kim, H. Namgoong, Y-c. Lew -- Distributed Connection Management For Real-time Multimedia Services / H. Olivir, Bristol M. Banfield, D. Hutchinson -- Evaluation Of Different Video Encryption Methods For A Secure Multimedia Conferencing Gateway / T. Kunkelmann [and Others] -- The Freebsd Audio Driver / L. Rizzo -- Cell Discarding Mechanisms With Minimum Flow Quality / J. Mangues-bafalluy, J. Domingo-pascual -- Implementing The Digital Storage Media : Command And Control (dsm-cc) Standard In The Framework Of An On-line Service / W. Ruppel -- Resource Selection In Heterogeneous Communication Environments Using The Teleservice Descriptor / T. Pfeifer, S. Arbanowski, R. Popescu-zeletin -- Amnet : Active Multicasting Network / R. Wittman, M. Zitterbart -- Impact Of Virtual Group Structure On Multicast Performance / M. Hofmann, M. Rohrmüller. André Danthine, Christophe Diot, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Operator based composition of structured multimedia presentations....Pages 1-32 SECCO — support environment for electronic commerce....Pages 33-44 A bridge for heterogeneous communication between CORBA and DCE....Pages 45-58 Distributed connection management for real-time multimedia services....Pages 59-74 Evaluation of different video encryption methods for a secure multimedia conferencing gateway....Pages 75-89 The FreeBSD audio driver....Pages 90-104 Cell discarding mechanisms with minimum flow quality....Pages 105-121 Implementing the digital storage media — command and control (DSM-CC) standard in the framework of an on-line service....Pages 122-131 Resource selection in heterogeneous communication environments using the teleservice descriptor....Pages 132-153 AMnet: Active multicasting network....Pages 154-164 Impact of virtual group structure on multicast performance....Pages 165-180 Existing temporal models for multimedia can be divided into two classes: point-based and interval-based [23].