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Digital multimedia systems require a new generation of communication protocols. They are very demanding in terms of bandwidth, and they need guarantees on end-to-end delay, delay jitter and packet loss probabilities. In addition, many multimedia applications require multicast support within the network.
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Effelsberg, W. (1997). Communication Support. In: Apers, P.M.G., Blanken, H.M., Houtsma, M.A.W. (eds) Multimedia Databases in Perspective. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0957-0_12
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