Performance criteria for the transmission of real time interactive speech over local area networks employing the Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol in a computer integrated manufacturing environment

The paper outlines the problems involved in implementing real time interactive speed on LANs designed for use in a CIM environment, and proposes strategies for minimising certain difficulties and obviating others, to produce a reasonable quality of speech over the common network. This is the first step towards providing a fully integrated speech and data network-the interactive information system.<
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