A flexible communications protocol for a distributed surveillance system

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-253

  Velastin, Sergio A ^a   Lo, Benny ^a   Sun, Jie ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications protocols; Distributed systems; Public transport; Security; Surveillance; Visual surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MONITORING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY OF DATA; XML;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; VISUAL SURVEILLANCE;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 3042544921     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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