Title
Multimedia Integration Into a Distance Learning Environment
Abstract
IRI is an Interactive Remote Instruction multimedia system for distance learning. It integrates audio, video, shared applications and multi-user collaborative utilities. In this paper we concentrate on the process architecture and dynamic multicast group handling as they pertain to multimedia and show how they support robustness and short response time to user actions. IRI uses raw IP multicasting for audio and video streams and reliable multicasting for data sharing. The system is scalable (uses multicast for inter-process communication) and expandable (it is partitioned into a set of autonomous but cooperating components). In addition, we present a series of experiments that show how the machine workload influences the audio and video subsystem. Finally, we discuss the techniques used to record and playback an IRI session.
Year
Venue
Keywords
1996
MMM
distance learning,ip multicast,reliable multicast
Field
DocType
Citations 
Inter-domain,Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service,Multicast address,Mbone,Computer science,Pragmatic General Multicast,Internet Group Management Protocol,Multicast,Multimedia,IP multicast
Conference
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.66
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab19720.10
Kurt Maly2567139.93
Emilia Stoica318317.15