Robert Edward Markowitz

Nemesis: multimedia information delivery

Critical to the success of future multimedia services is the ability to provide fast access to stored information via communications networks. In the Nemesis project, we focus on application control protocols for delivering stored multimedia to a user. We are exploring adaptive rate control strategies for networks of variable bandwidths and predictive prefetch of information from remote storage servers as a strategy for coping with short-term network congestion. We also provide “better that being there” features such as variable playback rates with intelligible audio and synchronization and linkage of multiple media.