Bandwidth Fair Application Layer Multicast for Multi-Party Video Conference Application

Author

Lim, B.P. ; Karrupiah, E.K. ; Lin, E.S. ; Phan, Truong Khoa ; Thoai, Nam ; Muramoto, Eiji ; Tan, P.Y.

Author_Institution

Panasonic Kuala Lumpur Lab., Kuala Lumpur

fYear

2009

fDate

10-13 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we propose bandwidth fair N-Tree algorithm for ALM distribution tree construction and a new protocol for ALM packet replication and distribution, namely Almcast. Both the tree construction algorithm and packet replication/distribution protocol were implemented as proof-of concept by modifying an existing multi-party video conference application. The results show that N-tree algorithm takes less than 3 ms to construct ALM distribution tree for 12 nodes. Almcast implementation enables the intermediate relay node to lookup for next destination, replicate and forward packets as fast as its receiving rate at application layer.

Keywords

protocols; teleconferencing; video communication; ALM packet replication; application layer; bandwidth fair N-tree algorithm; bandwidth fair application layer multicast; distribution protocol; distribution tree construction; multiparty video conference application; Application software; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Computer science; Delay; Distributed computing; Laboratories; Protocols; Streaming media; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. CCNC 2009. 6th IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2308-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2309-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784803

Filename

4784803