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This paper contains our experience with low bit rate multimedia streaming and broadcast, as applied to the Internet/Intranet, and focuses on two of the enabling technologies:100% Java clients and broadcast reflectors. Interpreted Java is slower than compiled C/C++ Java platforms do not currently support video and audio synchronization. Various techniques to improve Java performance and to reduce code size are provided in detail. A novel video and audio synchronization mechanism for the pure Java Environment is devised and investigated. This paper also describes a hierarchical reflector network architecture which, superimposed on the Internet, is a practical alternative for broadcasting of events to massive client audiences when multicast support of such audiences in the current Internet is questionable and remains untested.
By: Z. Shae, X. Wang, S. Wood
Published in: SPIE Proceedings, volume 3652, (no 1-2), pages 795-805 in 1998
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