An experimental open architecture to support multimedia services based on CORBA, Java and WWW Technologies

Lecture notes in computer sciencePublished 1 January 1994

Alessandro Limongiello, Riccardo Melen, M. Rocuzzo, V. Trecordi, J Wójtowicz

DOI10.1007/3-540-63135-6_7

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SJR score0.35

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TL;DR

The primary objective of the ORCHESTRA project was to demonstrate by fast prototyping an experimental control architecture capable of complying with a large number of the emerging requirements for the support of advanced services in broadband networks, with particular emphasis on emerging technology integration and interoperability.

Abstract

The convergence of interactive multimedia services and Internet services characterises the new services scenario and also highlights the important role of the terminals and their intelligent capabilities. Thus the scenario moves from the classical telecom setting where the "intelligence" is concentrated and embedded into the network (switches) towards a computer networking scenario in which more "intelligence" is located at the periphery (hosts, computers and terminals). The primary objective of the ORCHESTRA project was to demonstrate by fast prototyping an experimental control architecture capable of complying with a large number of the emerging requirements for the support of advanced services in broadband networks, with particular emphasis on emerging technology integration and interoperability. This paper describes the principles according to which the architecture was developed. The fast technological innovation rate has led to two successive implementations of the prototype. The prototype is currently installed at Telecom Italia premises in Rome and at CEFRIEL in Milan and testing across the Italian high speed ATM backbone, named SIRIUS, is currently being performed.

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