MCP: a protocol for coordination and temporal synchronization in multimedia collaborative applications

Author

Yavatkar, Raj

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

9-12 Jun 1992

Firstpage

606

Lastpage

613

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2865-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1992.235100

Filename

235100