Broadband multimedia systems architecture and integration

Interactive multimedia systems with guaranteed service quality require complex integration of servers, broadband networks and terminals. A critical issue is development of such systems based on standards in order to achieve interoperability comparable to the Internet. The task for devising standardized interactive networked multimedia systems has been undertaken by the Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC). In this paper we describe development of a DAVIC compliant networked multimedia system. This system is based on the implementation and integration of hardware and software based on standards developed by DAVIC, MPEG-2 DSM-CC, MHEG-5, CORBA and ATM.