Protocols, Servers and Projects for Multimedia Realtime Systems
Protocols, Servers and Projects for Multimedia Realtime Systems

Author: Dimitris N. Chorafas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1349140961

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This book addresses the changing role of networks and the evolving structure of an Infrastructure Superhighway. The requirements for leadership in telecommunications are reviewed from different viewpoints: Network operators, equipment manufacturers, software developers and user organizations. Emphasis is placed on multimedia and what multimedia solutions would mean to telephone utilities and endusers. Based on extensive research undertaken in Europe, US and Japan, Dimitris Chorafas identifies new domains of applications, presents the breakthroughs which have currently been achieved and outlines the systems solutions necessary to fruitfully exploit new technology.

Transaction Management
Transaction Management

Author: D. Chorafas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1998-01-12

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0230376533

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This book provides an essential update for experienced data processing professionals, transaction managers and database specialists who are seeking system solutions beyond the confines of traditional approaches. It provides practical advice on how to manage complex transactions and share distributed databases on client servers and the Internet. Based on extensive research in over 100 companies in the USA, Europe, Japan and the UK, topics covered include : * the challenge of global transaction requirements within an expanding business perspective *how to handle long transactions and their constituent elements *possible benefits from object-oriented solutions * the contribution of knowledge engineering in transaction management * the Internet, the World Wide Web and transaction handling * systems software and transaction-processing monitors * OSF/1 and the Encina transaction monitor * active data transfers and remote procedure calls * serialization in a transaction environment * transaction locks, two-phase commit and deadlocks * improving transaction-oriented database management * the successful development of an increasingly complex transaction environment.

High-Performance Networks, Personal Communications and Mobile Computing
High-Performance Networks, Personal Communications and Mobile Computing

Author: Dimitris N. Chorafas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1349141755

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Many professionals in the technology industry are seeking new solutions beyond the confines of the more traditional type software tools, network design solutions and distributed systems applications. The aim of this book is to provide for them a much needed upgrade of knowledge and skills by addressing the developing technical and business perspectives which have emerged from the deregulation of telecommunications, including issues connected to costs and tariffs. It also addresses a comprehensible introduction to the research, development and implementation of agents. Based on thorough research undertaken from 1993-96 in the United States, Europe and Japan, much practical material is included, with both comprehensive examples and case studies.

Handbook of Commercial Banking
Handbook of Commercial Banking

Author: D. Chorafas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1998-10-28

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0230379087

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Handbook of Commercial Banking is the first book to comprehensively address strategic planning issues in the financial industry. Based on the author's extensive consultancy experience, the book develops a flexible plan to help banking professionals think through the strategic issues of this important financial sector. Beginning with a discussion on the need for a commercial banking strategy and the affects this has on the banks and their competition, the book moves on to outline various issues including; the role of marketing in commercial banking; relationship banking and the branch office network; private and direct banking; pricing financial products and services and credit and market risk. The author has also included a large range of case-studies which are geographically diverse and will provide the reader with a valuable breadth of reference.

Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques - ECMAST'98
Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques - ECMAST'98

Author: David Hutchinson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998-05-18

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9783540645948

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This book constitutes the refereeed proceedings of the Third European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques, ECMAST '98, held in Berlin, Germany, in May 1998. The 40 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book by the program committee. The topics covered include multimedia networks and protocols; coded representation of images, sound, and data; multimedia delivery on broadcast and telecom networks; servers and storage architechtures; advanced multimedia terminals and in house networks; multimedia services; Internet and multimedia scenario; and multimedia trials.

Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services
Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services

Author: Michel Diaz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-23

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 3540481095

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The 1999 International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Sys tems and Telecommunication Services (IDMS) in Toulouse is the sixth in a se ries that started in 1992. The previous workshops were held in Stuttgart in 1992, Hamburg in 1994, Berlin in 1996, Darmstadt in 1997, and Oslo in 1998. The area of interest of IDMS ranges from basic system technologies, such as networking and operating system support, to all kinds of teleservices and distributed multimedia applications. Technical solutions for telecommunications and distributed multimedia systems are merging and quality-of-service (QoS) will play a key role in both areas. However, the range from basic system tech nologies to distributed mutlimedia applications and teleservices is still very broad and we have to understand the implications of multimedia applications and their requirements for middleware and networks. We are challenged to develop new and more fitting solutions for all distributed multimedia systems and telecom munication services to meet the requirements of the future information society.

Rating Management's Effectiveness
Rating Management's Effectiveness

Author: D. Chorafas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-09-23

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 023000590X

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This book explains why and how management's effectiveness makes the difference between success and failure, in any organization. Based on extensive research in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland, the author outlines how to be effective, what happens in cases of ineffectiveness, and the reasons why management's effectiveness must be examined within the perspective of each company's business challenges.

Real-time Communication Protocols for Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks
Real-time Communication Protocols for Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks

Author: Reinhard Gotzhein

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 3030333191

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This book focuses on core functionalities for wireless real-time multi-hop networking with TDMA (time-division multiple access) and their integration into a flexible, versatile, fully operational, self-contained communication system. The use of wireless real-time communication technologies for the flexible networking of sensors, actuators, and controllers is a crucial building block for future production and control systems. WirelessHART and ISA 100.11a, two technologies that have been developed predominantly for industrial use, are currently available. However, a closer analysis of these approaches reveals certain deficits. Current research on wireless real-time communication systems shows potential to remove these limitations, resulting in flexible, versatile, and robust solutions that can be implemented on today’s low-cost and resource-constrained hardware platforms. Unlike other books on wireless communication, this book presents protocols located on MAC layer and above, and build on the physical (PHY) layer of standard wireless communication technologies.