MULTIMEDIA: APPLICATIONS & TECHNOLOGIES

摘要

Companies in formerly disparate industries such as Telecommunications, Consumer electronics, Computers and Entertainment are merging to develop and deploy an integrated service, 'The Multimedia Network'. Universal high performance transmission and switching technologies provide the basis for the world of Multimedia communications both in present day as well as in future. What are the basic services associated with multimedia? What scenarios for introducing multimedia capabilities are available to networks around the world? The author has sketched a roadmap to undertake the journey from now to the envisioned Multimedia-cyberspace of tomorrow in this article, describing the state of development and future options.