Title :
Implementation mechanisms for packet switched voice conferencing
Author :
Ziegler, Chaim ; Weiss, Gerald ; Friedman, Eluzor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Brooklyn Coll., NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A distributed control mechanism for managing a packet-switched voice conference connection is presented. The principal concept introduced is the idea of viewing a conference connection as a logical ring of participants. Alternative methods for implementing voice conferencing on both broadcast and point-to-point networks are introduced, analyzed, and compared. Tradeoffs between the two methods with respect to station workload and maximum number of conference participants are discussed. Experimental implementations on both a carrier-sense multi-access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) Ethernet and a token-ring ProNet are described. The mechanisms presented can be used as part of a packet-switched voice communications protocol that includes conferencing capabilities
Keywords :
carrier sense multiple access; digital communication systems; distributed control; packet switching; telecommunications control; teleconferencing; token networks; voice communication; CSMA/CD; Ethernet; broadcast networks; carrier-sense multi-access; collision detection; communications protocol; distributed control mechanism; packet switched voice conferencing; point-to-point networks; protocols; station workload; token-ring ProNet; Broadcasting; Communication switching; Conference management; Distributed control; Ethernet networks; Packet switching; Protocols; Speech; Telecommunication traffic; Token networks;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
