High bandwidth applications with time-dependent resource requirements demand certain
resource level assurances in order to operate correctly. Quality of service resource …

Current Web based systems are designed for the static class of document based
information. In the next generation of information systems, digital video will form an important …

There is an emerging set of research operating systems that provide specialized support for
continuous media and other soft real-time applications. A number of these systems provide …

We address the problem of middleware design for constructing ATM LAN based distributed
industrial plant monitoring and control systems. In particular, we present a real-time client …

Continuous media such as audio and video pose new challenges to all parts of
multipurpose operating systems. We discuss issues related to CPU scheduling, memory …

Advances in networking, communication, storage, computing, and multimedia technologies
coupled with the emerging application areas is fueling the merger of computing and …

In an interactive multimedia environment that handles multiple sessions dynamically, a
mechanism for controlling the QOS among sessions is very important. It is, however, di cult …

The most notable characteristic of continuous-media data is the existence of timing
constraints. To handle such data appropriately some system support for resource …

Soft real-time processing is real-time processing in which some or all applications are
allowed to miss deadlines, particularly in situations of system overload. Resource allocation …

In an interactive multimedia environment that handles multiple sessions dynamically, a
mechanism for controlling the Quality of Service (QOS) among sessions is very important …