Object-oriented modeling of distributed multimedia services

As high-speed, broadband networks replace slower, narrowband networks, multimedia applications are more widely used today than ever before. In this paper, we propose an object-oriented modeling of services in a distributed multimedia system that can support a wide variety of distributed multimedia applications. The distributed multimedia services include naming service, session service, multimedia storage/retrieval service, system and applications management service as well as multimedia communication service. Using the services, one can easily develop, operate and manage multimedia applications. Particularly, our system incorporates management service to multimedia services and applications so that they can be easily monitored and controlled during the operation.