MCMP: a transport/session level distributed protocol for desktop conference setup

Author

Nguyen, Mai-Huong ; Schwartz, Mischa

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1404

Lastpage

1421

Abstract

The multiparty conference management protocol (MCMP) is an end-to-end distributed session/transport level protocol intended for group management of desktop conferencing applications. This paper describes the MCMP conference setup algorithms and proves that they meet specified correctness properties. MCMP sets up control channels for use in exchanging control information while the conference is in progress. The logical topology used is a completely interconnected mesh, MCMP always provides best effort services in cases of failures. Correctness properties guaranteed upon termination of the protocol include connectivity, validity, uniqueness, and consistency of local views. Application control information that can be exchanged using the control channels include resource negotiation and subconferencing

Keywords

distributed processing; multimedia communication; network topology; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; teleconferencing; transport protocols; MCMP conference setup algorithms; application control information exchange; connectivity; control channels; correctness properties; desktop conference setup; desktop conferencing applications; group management; interconnected mesh; local views consistency; logical topology; multimedia conferencing; multiparty conference management protocol; resource negotiation; subconferencing; transport/session level distributed protocol; uniqueness; validity; Algorithm design and analysis; Centralized control; Control systems; Distributed control; Monitoring; Multimedia communication; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.536488

Filename

536488