Title :
MCP: a protocol for coordination and temporal synchronization in multimedia collaborative applications
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA
Abstract :
The multiflow conversation protocol (MCP), which provides two communication abstractions is discussed. MCP provides a token-based mechanism for concurrency control among participants of a multipoint connection and includes a communication abstraction called a multiflow conversation. A conversation may consist of one or more connections, and MCP enforces temporal synchronization in the delivery of traffic over participant connections. Delivery of traffic in a conversation is also based on a notion of causality that takes into account the delay constraints associated with real-time traffic
Keywords :
concurrency control; delays; protocols; synchronisation; MCP; communication abstraction; communication abstractions; concurrency control; coordination; delay constraints; multiflow conversation protocol; multimedia collaborative applications; multipoint connection; real-time traffic; temporal synchronization; token-based mechanism; Application software; Collaboration; Communication system control; Computer science; Concurrency control; Displays; Manufacturing automation; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2865-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1992.235100
