THE RTMW APPLICATION - BRINGING MULTICAST AUDIO VIDEO TO THE WEB/

As an access to the information on the Web is asynchronous, the Web ba sed on a strict TCP/IP client-server model can not provide real-time i nformation sharing support. So, in order to bring multicast audio/vide o to the Web, architecture extension for real-time continuous media tr ansmission and session directory services embedded into the Web is nee ded. This paper presents an implementation of a RTMW application, a pr ototype of integrating RTP/RTCP and SDP/SAP into the Web which allows Web users to join an MBone session and receive audio/video seamlessly. In addition, this enables minimal QoS control by monitoring. A RTMW i s Internet community standards compliant and interoperable with other MBone applications. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All ri ghts reserved.