Control issues in multimedia conferencing
J. Robert Ensor, Sudhir R. Ahuja, R. B. Connaghan, David N. Horn, M. Pack, Dorée Duncan Seligmann · 2002
A discussion is presented of the control and coordination functions that must be associated with communication networks supporting multimedia conferencing systems. The authors have determined that the systems need underlying networks with large numbers of connections available to each user, direct support for message multicasting, and synchronization of transmissions over associated links. Furthermore, each of these capabilities needs associated, user-accessible control functions.>