DIGITAL STORAGE OF MEDIA-COMMAND AND CONTROL PROTOCOL APPLIED TO ATM

Digital storage media-command and control (DSM-CC) is a set of protoco ls for the delivery of integrated video-based multimedia services over networks, including delivery over residential broadband networks to h omes, Open protocols in this area are essential for widespread deploym ent of interactive multimedia services to homes. After describing the basic reference model of DSM-CC and its concept of session and multire source connection, this paper examines how DSM-CC can work over broadb and ATM networks. A series of ATM network architectures is described a long with the DSM-CC and Q.2931 message flows that together set up ses sions and allocate connections between servers and clients. The charac teristics of each ATM network architecture are briefly discussed.