Title :
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
fDate :
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
