MOSTŪ (Media Oriented Systems Transport) technology was originally designed by Oasis SiliconSystems AG in cooperation with BMW, Becker Radio, and DaimlerChrysler for multimedia applications in automotive environment. It is intended to replace bulky and expensive wiring harnesses that have been used by automobile manufacturers to satisfy multimedia connectivity requirements. Based on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF), MOSTŪ networks not only provide substantially higher performance but are more robust (no ground loops etc.) at lower cost.
Started in 1997, the concept for the MOSTŪ Cooperation began as an informal cooperative effort. Since the Cooperation was then founded in 1998, 17 international carmakers and more than 50 key component suppliers are now working with the MOSTŪ Technology and contributing towards its innovation.
telos has recently been involved in a number of most-related projects mainly in the field of car multimedia platform design and implementation. A couple of TV-Over-MOST related projects are about to be launched. We can provide the necessary knowhow for developing the actual MOST application (MOST net services etc.) as well as the peripheral standards like mpeg, car radio and television and multi-bus systems.
The design approach behind MOSTŪ technology is to provide a low overhead, low cost network interface to even the most simple multimedia device. It supports devices with low intelligence and no buffering capacities such as D/A converters for speakers as well as much more complex, DSP-based devices and their need for sophisticated control mechanisms and multimedia capabilities. This design principles maximize the flexibility of the overall system.
Since most equipment interconnected with this kind of network is capable of digital signal processing, the network structure provides mechanisms which allow the efficient implementation of applications. Multimedia related features such as bandwidth allocation and peer-to-peer communication make it ideal for a serial multimedia consumer network. For a more comprehensive list of key features refer to the Network Section of the MOSTŪ Cooperation Homepage.
MOSTŪ represents a peer-to-peer point-to-point network which can be implemented in a ring, star or daisy-chain topology. The attached devices share different data channels for synchronous and asynchronous data transmission.
MOSTŪ technology can handle administrative tasks both by a centralized and a decentralized approach. In a centralized network, one designated node is responsible for the execution of administrative tasks. Other nodes that need this service have to contact this central node. The decentralized approach does not need any central instance.
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