Multimedia Distribution and Networks

• Networks
  • Advantages
  • Security
  • Types of Networks
    • LANs
    • MANs
    • WANs
    • ATM and Broadband Networks
  • The Challenges of Networking Multimedia applications
• A Multimedia application. Video on Demand.
  • VOD systems
  • System requirements for VOD
  • Network considerations
  • Residential Cable Networks and Cable Modems
  • Shared Ethernet
  • Switched Ethernet
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) on Broadband ISDN
• Monash University’s research into multimedia delivery systems.
  • Monash University’s ATM Testbed Facility and Telstra’s EBN
    • The relevance of the EBN to Multimedia delivery
  • Multimedia across Residential Networks.