Title :
Multicast issues for collaborative virtual environments
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
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;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2002.1028728
