Publication No 26758

Author(s)

Charzinski, J.*; Färber, J.*; Enssle, J.*

Title

The AMUSE Residential Multimedia Trials: Network Architecture and First Results

Topics

Access Networks; Broadband Networks; Internet

Methods

Measurement and Trials

Keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; MULTIMEDIA; MEASUREMENT; FIELD TRIAL; ATM

Abstract

The European ACTS project AMUSE (Advanced Multimedia Services to Residential Users) carries out ATM-based multimedia field trials in a heterogeneous environment. The AMUSE infrastructure is tested in six European countries under different technical and regulatory circumstances. The network architecture, starting at a generic system configuration, adopts different options in the four domains of Server, Core Network, Access Network and Customer Premises Equipment. A media server provides Video on Demand as well as other interactive multimedia services. Additional gateways are provided for high-speed internet access and digital access to broadcast TV. The range of access networks used includes Hybrid Fibre-Coax (HFC) and Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL). Service usage and user acceptance have been evaluated by automatic monitoring tools and by user questioning after the trial. In addition, traffic measurements results including packet size distributions are available from the first trials.

Year

1997

Reference entry

Charzinski, J.; Färber, J.; Enssle, J.
The AMUSE Residential Multimedia Trials: Network Architecture and First Results
Proceedings of the European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC '97): Core and ATM Networks, Antwerp, June 1997, pp. 258-265

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