• DocumentCode
    808301
  • Title

    Multicast issues for collaborative virtual environments

  • Author

    Fisher, Hugh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    Multicast networking lets designers use new communication patterns in computer graphics applications. This article introduces multicasting, explains how it differs from more traditional networking, and describes multicasting issues for the application designer
  • Keywords
    computer networks; groupware; multicast communication; virtual reality; application design; collaborative virtual environments; communication patterns; computer graphics applications; computer network; multicast networking; Bandwidth; Collaboration; Ethernet networks; Local area networks; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Scattering; TV; Unicast; Virtual environment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCG.2002.1028728
  • Filename
    1028728