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Framework for Multimedia System

The framework presented here provides an overall picture of the development of
distributed multimedia systems from which a system architecture can be
developed. The framework highlights the dominant feature of multimedia
systems: the integration of multimedia computing and communications,
including traditional telecommunications and telephony functions.

Low-cost multimedia technology is evolving to provide richer information
processing and communications systems. These systems, though tightly
interrelated, have distinct physical facilities, logical models, and functionality.
Multimedia information systems extend the processing, storage, and retrieval
capabilities of existing information systems by introducing new media data types,
including image, audio, and video. These new data types offer perceptually richer
and more accessible representations for many kinds of information. Multimedia
communication systems extend existing Point-to-Point connectivity by
permitting synchronized multipoint group communications. Additionally, the
communication media include time-dependent visual forms as well as computer
application conferencing.

Architectures and Issues for Distributed Multimedia Systems

Multimedia Multimedia
Information Conferencing
Model Model

Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia
Information Communication Distributing Network
System System Processing Model
System

Multimedia technology is The framework consists of four
facilitating the convergence of interrelated models. The
multimedia information processing information and distributed

systems and multimedia processing models constitute the
communications systems. Multimedia Information System
(MMIS). The conferencing and

multiservice network models form
the Multimedia Communications

System (MCS).