Achieving multimedia communications on a heterogeneous network

摘要

A heterogeneous intelligent network has been designed and implemented to allow multimedia real-time communications and messaging among local area network workstations with logically associated speakerphones and among ISDN voice/data terminals with transparent tablets on top of bitmap screens and stylus pens. The architecture, presentation, editing, storage, and retrieval of multimedia documents in these two different kinds of terminals are described. The messages and protocol conversion facilities used for multimedia communications are presented, as are the lessons learned in internetworking a local area network with ISDN.