An Open Generic Corba-Programmable Videoconferencing Platform (original) (raw)

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In this paper we address the design and implementation of a generic terminal architecture for videoconferencing based on the principle of programmable protocol stacks. In this architecture, there exist two types of software components. A first type are the multimedia engines, which are responsible for handling the multimedia stream (execution layer). Secondly, the managing components handle the multimedia engines' lifecycles and provide a set of network- and codec-independent CORBA-IDL interfaces which make building the desired protocol stack straightforward (middleware based control layer). As a result, the developed platform can be easily integrated in existing multimedia control frameworks such as the TINA architecture or the H.323 terminal framework.

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  1. Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University – IMEC, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000, Gent, Belgium
    Brecht Vermeulen, Filip Vandermeulen & Piet Demeester

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  1. Brecht Vermeulen
  2. Filip Vandermeulen
  3. Piet Demeester

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Vermeulen, B., Vandermeulen, F. & Demeester, P. An Open Generic Corba-Programmable Videoconferencing Platform.Electron Commerce Res 5, 383–399 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-005-1181-7

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