Marco Lohse - NMM Book
Cover text
Today, there is a strong trend towards networked
multimedia devices. However, common multimedia software architectures
are restricted to perform all processing on a single system. Available
software infrastructures for distributed computing - commonly referred
to as middleware - only partly provide the facilities needed for
supporting multimedia in distributed and dynamic
environments. Approaches from the research community only focus on
specific aspects and do not achieve the coverage needed for a
full-featured multimedia middleware solution. The Network-Integrated
Multimedia Middleware (NMM) presented in this book considers the
network as an integral part. Despite the inherent heterogeneity of
present networking and device technologies, the architecture allows to
extend control and cooperation to the network and enables the
development of distributed multimedia applications that transparently
use local and remote components in combination. This middleware is
augmented by several middleware services that especially aim at
providing additional support for developing complex applications that
involve mobile users and devices.
Marco Lohse received a Diploma/MSc in Computer
Science from Saarland University, Germany in 2001 and a Doctor/PhD in
Computer Science from Saarland University in 2005. Since 2001, he is
chief software architect and project manager for the
Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM).
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