Implementation of a DSM-CC-Server for a DAVIC-Terminal

. This paper describes a multimedia information server which has been developed by GMD FOKUS and Deutsche Telekom Berkom for multimedia terminals based on DAVIC specifications. It also gives a survey of the current status of multimedia networking focused on Internet and DAVIC technology. Keywords. DAVIC, digital TV broadcast, Internet, ATM, CORBA, DSM-CC, Video Pump. 1 Introduction The Digital Audio-Visual Council (DAVIC) [2] is a non-profit industry consortium exploring the potential of digital technologies applied to audio and video services. DAVIC has adopted standards and specifications from several standardization bodies which include the ATM Forum Audiovisual Multimedia Services (AMS) specifications [12], the Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Groups (MHEG) standards [3], and the Digital Storage Media Command and Control (DSM-CC) specifications [5] from the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). AMS defines the MPEG to ATM mapping, while DSM-CC includes functions to retrieve ..