Universal Hardware-Independent Data Formats for Real-Time Multimedia Communications

A universal 64bit format for all multimedia data types

Authors: Klaus Holtz, Eric Holtz, Diana Kalienky.

Published / Presented at: CCCT 2003 International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies. July 31 - August 1 – 2, 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA. Communication Systems, Technologies and Applications.

Level: Expert, Communication

Abstract: Real time multimedia data is traditionally transmitted via fixed bandwidth channels in which each device has an assigned bandwidth. With the arrival of the Internet, most communications are now converted to packet switching protocols. This is very difficult because of the Internet's Quality of Service (QoS) problems. Data compression and encryption may further aggravate the problems. Solutions were found in a new Autosophy television system originally designed to transmit live movies via the Internet. The new television delivers the necessary high video compression ratios for movie transmission via DSL connections. Once video compression was achieved, the problem then arose of how to combine the compressed video with compressed synchronized sound in the Internet packet stream. The solution involves a universal 64bit data format for mixed multimedia communications. The real time data transmissions are virtually immune against packet latency, dropped packets, or transmission errors. All Autosophy data compression algorithms (video, sound, text, still images) are lossless and will not cause data distortion. The bit rates are dependent on the data "content" rather than on the data "volume." Virtually unbreakable "codebook" encryption is provided for all data types by growing private encryption libraries. The 64bit packets are media independent for routing via cellular telephone, satellites, radio, or through the Internet, without having to be re-formatted. This may provide a universal data communications format.

Keywords: Autosophy, Information theory, Multimedia, Internet communications, Data compression, Internet video, QoS

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