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The goal of the Networking and Multimedia Systems Lab is to facilitate the investigation of problems related to the delivery of multimedia data over computer networks.
This goal is focused into two parts: (1) identifying the networking services that will be required to meet the needs of existing and next-generation multimedia applications, and (2) identifying methods that multimedia applications can use to overcome limited functionality in today's heterogeneous networking environments.
To meet this goal, the NMSL provides a high-speed network connected to the Internet's Multicast Backbone (MBone)--a testbed for delivering streamed real-time multimedia data to hosts around the world. Once the California Research and Education Network (CalREN-2) comes online, the NMSL will have high bandwidth access to Internet with provisions for quality-of-service. Utilizing this connectivity is a heterogeneous assortment of PCs and workstation-class machines from vendors like IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Silicon Graphics. In addition, a variety of specialized hardware is being used to convert traditional analog multimedia sources to digital formats. This digitized media is then used to drive the development of applications in a range of areas including video-on-demand, streaming WWW services, and distance learning. 
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updated 6.1.00 | |