A JINI/JAVA based streaming framework for group communication

Author

Zhang, Caihong ; Koh, Kwang Yong ; Pung, Hung Keng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

144

Abstract

In this paper, we report the design and implementation of a new JINI/JAVA based multimedia-streaming framework. It is modeled after the OMG A/V stream specification with the additional support of multipoint-to-multipoint stream (MMS). A receiver-based group communication mechanism is also proposed in this framework to extend the semantics of membership management from joining/leaving of individual users to that of groups. In addition, we have designed and implemented a set of interfaces that provides a rather neat and flexible support for intra-group and inter-group stream operations.

Keywords

Java; distributed object management; multicast protocols; multimedia communication; JINI/JAVA based streaming framework; MMS; OMG A/V stream specification; inter-group stream operations; interfaces; intra-group stream operations; membership management; multimedia-streaming framework; multipoint-to-multipoint stream; receiver-based group communication mechanism; Application software; Computer networks; Costs; Distributed computing; Environmental management; High-speed networks; Java; Middleware; Samarium; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 2002. ICON 2002. 10th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7533-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2002.1033301

Filename

1033301