Video-server designs for supporting very large numbers of concurrent users

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-232

  Kumar, M ^a,b,c,d  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Electronic Commerce Systems Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET SWITCHING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

VIDEO DELIVERY SUBSYSTEMS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032025567     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.422.0219     Document Type: Article

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