A Multicast User Directory Service for Synchronous Rendezvous
Abstract
Teleconferencing capabilities are becoming increasingly accessible to the av- erage user of the Internet and are enabling users who are distributed across the network to collaborate synchronously, i.e., in real-time. The pervasiveness of this technology relies on the maturation of an infrastructure that more fully supports synchronous rendezvous. Toward this end, we have focused on one facet of the infrastructure, user location. This d%apter presents the context for this work and the origins of the multicast user directory idea. We describe the process of explicit-invitation session orchestration, and its need for user location assistance. Multicast addressing and multicast communication are defined, and the benefits of incorporating them in a user registry service are outlined.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 26, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA451543
Entities
People
- Eve M. Schooler
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology