Research Article
A User-Centric Network Communication Broker for Multimedia Collaborative Computing
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361857, author={Chi Zhang and S. Masoud Sadjadi and Weixiang Sun and Raju Rangaswami and Yi Deng}, title={A User-Centric Network Communication Broker for Multimedia Collaborative Computing}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361857} }- Chi Zhang
S. Masoud Sadjadi
Weixiang Sun
Raju Rangaswami
Yi Deng
Year: 2007
A User-Centric Network Communication Broker for Multimedia Collaborative Computing
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361857
Abstract
The development of collaborative multimedia applications today follows a vertical development approach, which is a major inhibitor that drives up the cost of development and slows down the pace of innovation of new generations of collaborative applications. In this paper, we propose a network communication broker (NCB) that provides a unified higher-level abstraction that encapsulates the complexity of network-level communication control and media delivery for the class of multimedia collaborative applications. NCB expedites the development of next-generation applications with diverse communication logics. Furthermore, NCB-based applications can be easily ported to new network environments. In addition, the self-managing design of NCB supports dynamic adaptation in response to changes in network conditions and user requirements.