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QoS Adaptation in Multimedia Multicast Conference Applications for E-Learning Services

QoS Adaptation in Multimedia Multicast Conference Applications for E-Learning Services

Sérgio Deusdado, Paulo Carvalho
Copyright: © 2006 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 1539-3100|EISSN: 1539-3119|ISSN: 1539-3100|EISBN13: 9781615202324|EISSN: 1539-3119|DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2006100105
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Deusdado, Sérgio, and Paulo Carvalho. "QoS Adaptation in Multimedia Multicast Conference Applications for E-Learning Services." IJDET vol.4, no.4 2006: pp.56-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2006100105

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Deusdado, S. & Carvalho, P. (2006). QoS Adaptation in Multimedia Multicast Conference Applications for E-Learning Services. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET), 4(4), 56-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2006100105

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Deusdado, Sérgio, and Paulo Carvalho. "QoS Adaptation in Multimedia Multicast Conference Applications for E-Learning Services," International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) 4, no.4: 56-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2006100105

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Abstract

The evolution of the World Wide Web service has incorporated new distributed multimedia conference applications, powering a new generation of e-learning development and allowing improved interactivity and prohuman relations. Groupware applications are increasingly representative in the Internet home applications market, however, the Quality of Service (QoS) provided by the network is still a limitation impairing their performance. Such applications have found, in multicast technology, an ally contributing for their efficient implementation and scalability. Additionally, considering QoS as a design goal at the application level becomes crucial for groupware development, enabling QoS productivity to applications. The applications’ ability to adapt themselves dynamically according to the resources availability can be considered a quality factor. Tolerant real-time applications, such as video conferences, are in the frontline to benefit from QoS adaptation. However, not all include adaptive technology able to provide both end-system and network quality awareness. Adaptation, in these cases, can be achieved by introducing a multiplatform middleware layer responsible for tutoring the applications’ resources (enabling adjudication or limitation) based on the available processing and networking capabilities. Congregating these technological contributions, an adaptive platform has been developed integrating public domain multicast tools, applied to a Web-based distance learning system. The system is user-centered (e-student), aiming at good pedagogical practices and proactive usability for multimedia and network resources. The services provided, including QoS adapted interactive multimedia multicast conferences (MMC), are fully integrated and transparent to end-users. QoS adaptation, when treated systematically in tolerant real-time applications, denotes advantages in group scalability and QoS sustainability in heterogeneous and unpredictable environments such as the Internet.

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