User Empowered Virtual Multicast for Multimedia Communication
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proccedings of 3rd International Conference on Networking |
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| Field | Informatics |
| Keywords | virtual multicast; UDP packet reflector; user empowered approach; modular architecture |
| Description | We introduce concept of user empowered UDP packet reflectors to create virtual multicasting environment as an overlay on top of current unicast networks. The virtual multicast is used as a bottom layer for secure and efficient collaborative environments. The end-users' ability to fully control this environment - in a way similar to peer to peer networks - is the primary advantage of our approach. Other interesting features that are possible only in virtual multicast environment are also discussed in this paper. |