A framework for mapping scalable networked applications on run-time reconfigurable platforms

• Published in: 2003 International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. ICME '03. Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8698) Vol. 1; pp. I - 469
• Main Authors: Ngoc, P.N., Lafruit, G., Mignolet, J.Y., Vernalde, S., Deconick, G., Lauwereins, R.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Application software; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microprocessors; Motion pictures; MPEG 4 Standard; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Quality of service; Runtime
• DOI: 10.1109/ICME.2003.1220956
• ISBN: 9780780379657; 0780379659

Due to the heterogeneous nature of networks and end-systems in distributed multimedia systems, multimedia applications should ideally be designed to counteract fluctuations in network bandwidth and end-system processing capacities for providing end users a certain degree of quality of service (QoS). This requirement can be satisfied with scalable applications. In addition, with the current evolution in run-time reconfigurable computing, run-time reconfigurable multimedia platforms are becoming increasingly viable. In this paper, an end-to-end delivery chain framework for mapping scalable networked multimedia applications on reconfigurable platforms is presented. The framework is demonstrated by a case study of a 3D game running on a prototype run-time reconfigurable platform.