Write a short discussion for each of the following questions. This homework is due at the beginning of class on June 8; no late homeworks will be accepted. Typed homeworks are preferred. If you do turn in handwritten material it must be extremely legible. Please use a stapler.

1. [3  points] Describe three distinctive characteristics of multimedia data as compared to conventional text data, with regard to storage and retrieval.

2. [2 points] What is the need for buffering in multimedia data retrieval? 

3.[5 points] Describe the three levels of media integration in a network?

4. [6 points] Compare the advantages and disadvantages of Cable Television, Telephone, and computer internet networks for delivering multimedia traffic.

5. [4 points] The packet size in ATM networks is chosen to be a small constant value of 53 bytes. How does this help or hurt multimedia traffic?