Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST '97: Second European Conference Milan, Italy, May 21–23, 1997 Proceedings

An ATM-based demonstration model for multimedia services using different access networks....Pages 1-17
A transnational IN/B-ISDN integrated network for the provision of multimedia services....Pages 19-36
Divide your systems to conquer the market....Pages 37-50
trigg&link a new dimension in television program making....Pages 51-65
The ATLANTIC news studio: Reference model and field trial....Pages 67-78
The design and implementation of a multimedia system for the interactive and time-synchronised analysis of vehicle crash tests....Pages 79-94
Resource management for distributed multimedia applications....Pages 95-111
A multicast network architecture for large scale Collaborative Virtual Environments....Pages 113-128
Consensus making activities in Europe: The example of multimedia in ACTS....Pages 129-152
Low cost watermarking based on a human visual model....Pages 153-167
Image database indexing and retrieval using the Fractal Transform....Pages 169-182
DIANE: A multimedia annotation system....Pages 183-198
Connectionless ATM using an ATM switch router....Pages 199-212
Engineering aspects of an architecture for non-real-time VBR video services....Pages 213-227
Video on Demand distribution over ATM Virtual Private Networks....Pages 229-244
An authoring and run-time environment for interactive multimedia services....Pages 245-260
Tools for multimedia content creation, manipulation and management: The ACTS perspective....Pages 261-276
Interaction with digital broadcast services through a terrestrial return channel....Pages 277-292
Dynamic multiplexing for digital TV broadcasting....Pages 293-308
The work of ACTS in Interactive Distribution and Transmission: Towards interoperable Interactive Multimedia Services....Pages 309-325
User interfaces for interactive TV — A case study with end users....Pages 327-341
Use of object articulation and motion estimation for video production....Pages 343-357
A multi-site teleconferencing system using V. R. paradigms....Pages 359-374
Object encapsulation of multiscale image region representations....Pages 375-394
Subjective assessment of a multimedia system for distance learning....Pages 395-408
The impact of service competition on navigation....Pages 409-422
Copyright protection in video delivery networks by watermarking of pre-compressed video....Pages 423-436
A fully configurable secure environment for multimedia applications....Pages 437-455
Temporal and interactive relations in a multimedia database system....Pages 457-473
Validation of video retrieval systems....Pages 475-490
The KYDONIA multimedia information server....Pages 491-506
A critique of modern internet protocols: The issue of support for multimedia....Pages 507-522
A congestion control scheme for multimedia traffic in packet switching ‘best-effort’ networks....Pages 523-536
User requirements and resource control for cooperative multimedia applications....Pages 537-552
Multimedia multicast routing....Pages 553-569
Swiss Top Vision, the trial with interactive content....Pages 571-580
Consumer interactivity in Cambridge....Pages 581-592
Using DAB and GSM to provide interactive multimedia services to portable and mobile terminals....Pages 593-607
ISIS Project Demonstration System and Pilot Trials....Pages 609-620
An open software architecture for multimedia consumer terminals....Pages 621-634
Using an asset model for integration of agents and multimedia to provide an open service architecture....Pages 635-650
Definition and implementation of a TINA based terminal architecture....Pages 651-667
Integrated multi-media project: A case study in lesson sharing using video-conferencing technology....Pages 669-680
Telelearning: New trends in education through global multimedia networks....Pages 681-692
The BONAPARTE telemedicine ATM multimedia applications....Pages 693-708
InfoCity NRW a phased approach to multimedia....Pages 709-722
DIGISAT: A technological solution via satellite for interactive SMATV networks in the DVB environment....Pages 723-737
Multimedia service provisioning in the Munich trial of the AMUSE project....Pages 739-754
VIDAS workshop on Synthetic Natural Hybrid Coding....Pages 755-769