The design and implementation of open video conferencing software platforms using distributed object services

This paper summarizes experiments with a videoconferencing service platform, based on the use of distributed object services. These experiments were performed and used in a Eurescom project, which aimed at validating the use of distributed object-oriented platforms and systems as a new basis for the provision of telecommunication services. In this new approach, telecommunication networks are modeled as distributed object services that provide open interfaces, so that end-user services can be developed, composed and integrated easily. A special object service that models telecommunication networks is called the binding service. The experiments described in this paper focused on audiovisual stream binding services, that establish videoconference connections using H.320 and H.323 standards