A synchronization algorithm for distributed multimedia environments

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Zarros, Panagiotis N ^a,c,d   Lee, Myung J ^b,e,f   Saadawi, Tarek N ^b,c,g,h,i,j  

^a CS First Boston Corporation   (United States)

^b City University of New York

^c City College of New York ^*

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^j IEEE

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Author keywords

Frequency offset; Interparticipant synchronization; Multimedia communications; Network jitter; Reference times; Time offset

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008098520     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005300050008     Document Type: Article

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