DIPCS: An interprocess communication architecture for distributed multimedia systems

Robert Simon, Taieb Znati, Robert J. Sclabassi

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Abstract

This paper presents the Distributed InterProcess Communication System (DIPCS) as a framework for managing communication in a distributed multimedia system. Within DIPCS, connection level management is provided through a novel distributed process group model called ADP-Group communication. The ADP-Group paradigm defines a new type of group message passing, called qos-reliable. Qos-reliable semantics are appropriate to controlling real-time multimedia communication, by allowing a spectrum of performance and reliability specifications to co-exist within one group. DIPCS also provides an abstract programming model of multimedia devices, easing control of a heterogeneous multimedia system. Distributed multimedia applications can be rapidly developed using simple group operation primitives. We show how ADP-Group message delivery semantics can be directly mapped into an efficient Integrated Services Network support policy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-293
Number of pages31
JournalMultimedia Tools and Applications
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Media Technology
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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