Machine generated contents note: Preface i -- Chapter 1 1 -- Managing Real-Time Distributed Multimedia Applications -- Vana Kalogeraki, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA -- Peter Michael Melliar-Smith, UC Santa Barbara, USA -- Louise E. Moser, UC Santa Barbara, USA -- Chapter 217 -- Building Internet Multimedia Applications: The Integrated Service Architecture and Media Frameworks -- Zhonghua Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Robert Gay, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Chengzheng Sun, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Chee Kheong Siew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Chapter 354 -- The Design and Performance of a CORBA Audio/Video Streaming Service -- Naga Surendran, Washington University-St. Louis, USA Yamuna Krishamurthy, Washington University-St. Louis, USA -- Douglas C. Schmidt, University of California, Irvine, USA -- Chapter 4102 -- MPEG-4 Facial Animation and its Application to a Videophone System for the Deaf -- Nikolaos Sarris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -- Michael G. Strintzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -- Chapter 5126 -- News On Demand -- Mark T. Maybury, The MITRE Corporation, USA -- Chapter 6134 -- A CSCW with Reduced Bandwidth Requirements Based on a Distributed Processing Discipline Enhanced for Medical Purposes -- Iraklis Kamilatos, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece Michael G. Strintzis, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece -- Chapter 7151 -- A Layered Multimedia Presentation Database for Distance Learning -- Timothy K Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan -- Chapter 8172 -- QoS-Aware Digital Video Retrieval Application --Tadeusz Czachorski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland -- Stanislaw Jedrus, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland -- Maciej Zakrzewicz, Poznan University of Technology, Poland -- Janusz Gozdecki, AGH University of Technology, Poland -- Piotr Pacyna, AGH University of Technology, Poland -- Zdzislaw Papir, AGH University of Technology, Poland -- Chapter 9186 -- Network Dimensioning for MPEG-2 Video Communications Using ATM -- Bhumip Khasnabish, Verizon Labs, Inc, USA -- Chapter 10222 -- VBR Traffic Shaping for Streaming of Multimedia Transmission -- Ray-I Chang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Meng-Chang Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Ming-Tat Ko, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Jan-Ming Ho, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Chapter 11237 -- RAC: A Soft-QoS Framework for Supporting Continuous -- Media Applications -- Wonjun Lee, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea -- Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, USA -- Chapter 12255 -- A Model for Dynamic QoS Negotiation Applied to an -- MPEG4 Applications -- Silvia Giordano, ICA Institute, Switzerland -- Piergiorgio Cremonese, Wireless Architect, Italy -- Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Laboratoire de Reseaux de Communications, Switzerland -- M. Podesta, Whitehead Laboratory, Italy -- Chapter 13269 -- Playout Control Mechanisms for Speech Transmission -- over the Internet: Algorithms and Performance Results -- Marco Roccetti, Universita di Bologna, Italy -- Chapter 14290 -- Collaboration and Virtual Early Prototyping Using The Distributed Building Site Metaphor -- Fabien Costantini, CEDRIC, France -- Christian Toinard, CEDRIC, France -- Chapter 15333 -- Methods for Dealing with Dynamic Visual Data in Collaborative Applications-A Survey -- Binh Pham, Queensland University of Technology, Australia -- Chapter 16351 -- An Isochronous Approach to Multimedia Synchronization in Distributed Environments -- Zhonghua Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Robert Gay, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Chengzheng Sun, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia -- Chee Kheong Siew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Abdul Sattar, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia -- Chapter 17369 -- Introduction To Multicast Technology -- Gabor Hosszu, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Hungary -- Chapter 18 . 412 -- IP Multicast: Inter Domain, Routing, Security and Address Allocation -- Antonio F. G6mez-Skarmeta, University of Murcia, Spain -- Pedro M. Ruiz, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain -- Angel L. Mateo-Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain -- Chapter 19441 -- Mobile Multimedia over Wireless Network -- Jiirgen Stauder, Thomson Multimedia, France -- Fazli Erbas, University of Hannover, Germany -- About the Authors473 -- Index482.