Definition
Distributed multimedia systems consist of multimedia databases, proxy and information servers, and clients, and are intended to for the distribution of multimedia content over the networks.
In this article, we identify most imperative issues in the design of DMMS architecture. The article is by no means is a survey of DMMS; however it is expected to bring out the key issues and challenges in this domain. We present comprehensive discussions pointing to several key papers published in the literature and highlight existing solutions for small and large-scale DMMS.
Overview
Distributed Multimedia System (DMMS) architecture with all its essential components (Multimedia Databases (MMD), Proxy servers, information services, etc.) is shown in Fig. 1.
A sample distributed multimedia service architecture.
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Veeravalli, B. (2008). Distributed Multimedia Systems. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_307
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