Multimedia group and inter-stream synchronization techniques: A comparative study

Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-131

  Boronat, Fernando ^a   Lloret, Jaime ^a   García, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group synchronization; Inter stream synchronization; Multimedia systems; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RIVERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ISSUES; GROUP SYNCHRONIZATION; GROUP SYNCHRONIZATIONS; INTER-STREAM SYNCHRONIZATION; INTER-STREAM SYNCHRONIZATIONS; MULTIMEDIA SYNCHRONIZATIONS; SYNCHRONIZATION TECHNIQUES;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 55349117798     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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