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Foil 18 CPS640 Topics in More Detail - I

From Overview of CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age 1997 Basic Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox *

Technical and Political components of the global information infrastructure.
  • Role of telephone companies, cable companies, internet task force, academic research.
Information revolution: possible scenarios for the information societies of the near future
Time Warner Full Service networks (Orlando) and other Interactive TV trials
Network architectures for multimedia
  • Application requirements
  • RSVP, RTP and RTSP Protocols for ensuring quality of service
  • Multicast and switching technology
  • ATM and other delivery technologies such as hybrid coax - fiber.
  • Integration of all this into a real delivery system



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