Title :
Flow synchronization protocol
Author :
Escobar, Julio ; Partridge, Craig ; Deutsch, Debra
Author_Institution :
Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Presents an adaptive flow synchronization protocol that permits synchronized delivery of data to and from geographically distributed sites. Applications include inter-stream synchronization, synchronized delivery of information in a multisite conference, and synchronization for concurrency control in distributed computations. The contributions of this protocol in the area of flow synchronization are the ability to synchronize over arbitrary topologies, the introduction of an adaptive synchronization delay, the flexibility to maintain multiple synchronization groups, and the use of a modular architecture that permits the application to tailor synchronization calculations to its service requirements. The authors take advantage of network protocols capable of maintaining network clock synchronization in the millisecond range
Keywords :
adaptive systems; data communication systems; delays; multimedia systems; packet switching; protocols; synchronisation; teleconferencing; adaptive flow synchronization protocol; adaptive synchronization delay; arbitrary topologies; concurrency control; data delivery; distributed computations; geographically distributed sites; interstream synchronization; modular architecture; multiple synchronization groups; multisite conference; network clock synchronization; network protocols; service requirement; Clocks; Computer architecture; Concurrency control; Delay; Distributed computing; Network topology; Streaming media; Synchronization; Testing; Transport protocols;
Journal_Title :
Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on
