System Support for Efficient Dynamically-Configurable Multi-Party Interactive Multimedia Applications

An important new class of communication-oriented applications are described as multi-party interactive multimedia applications. In this paper, we examine the programming abstractions, system support and communication services required by these applications; evaluate existing support; and propose strategies for improving support by combining current systems with new designs. We have taken a holistic approach to this problem by considering the local system and communication architecture together in deciding where to implement each service, and in designing interfaces between components.

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