Research on a New Architecture for Distributed Multimedia Systems Based on Desk Area Network
Zhang Xi-hong · Journal of the China Railway Society · 1999
Desk Area Network (DAN) is a small local system based on ATM switch, which is suitable for multimedia traffic. It represents a new network architecture for Distributed Multimedia Systems . The primary idea of DAN design is introduced in this paper. Several kinds of DAN are illustrated. Finally, we present our proposals from DAN prospect.