Title:
Multimedia
Broadcasting
System: an Implementation of Gum with Recommended Technical
Improvements
for Gum Communication Models
Abstract: Multimedia Broadcasting System
(MBS)
is a distributed media software system that provides reliable
broadcasting
services using GRUM over the Internet. The proposed Multimedia
Broadcasting
System ensures that all media files broadcasted by the sender will be
received
by the receivers through copper-based public switching network which
provides
unreliable low bandwidth communication services. This paper introduces
GRUM
as the reliable unicast/multicast API for the communication layer
between
the sender and receiver to achieve the reliable broadcasting services.
The
MBS also proposes
a Split-and-Join Later algorithm to improve on the GRUM’s communication
models
for the broadcasting of large media files over the unreliable Internet
connection
in the Malaysian public switching network environment.
Author: Lim Tong Ming