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We describe a prototype implementation of a broadband kernel, an open programming environment that facilitates the easy creation of network services and provides mechanisms for efficient resource allocation. We present a service creation methodology and show how scalable multimedia network services can be constructed from a set of broadband kernel services. As a proof of concept, we built a multi-party teleconferencing service upon the broadband kernel. The service creation framework has the following characteristics: binding of different classes of transport protocols to the application, dynamic renegotiation of application QOS using the signalling network and, support for multiple resource reservation algorithms.
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Chan, M.C., Huard, JF., Lazar, A.A., Lim, KS. (1996). On realizing a broadband kernel for multimedia networks. In: Ventre, G., Domingo-Pascual, J., Danthine, A. (eds) Multimedia Telecommunications and Applications. COST237 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1185. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020850
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