Floor-Controlled Centralized Conference System for Distance Learning

Título	Floor-Controlled Centralized Conference System for Distance Learning
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2004
Authors	SMETANA, G. M. M. A., R. MATSUSHIMA, W. V. RUGGIERO, R. M. SILVEIRA, and T. C. B. M. CARVALHO
Conference Name	IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education
Date Published	Febr 16–18, 2004
Publisher	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education. Insbruck : IASTED Press - 2004. v. 1.
Conference Location	Innsbruck, Austria
Abstract	This paper describes a floor-controlled centralized conference system being developed for LARC distance learning tool. Although centralized conferences do not scale well, they are a reasonable solution for small and medium-sized conferences, mainly in cases where multicast traffic is not supported. Floor control is a suitable methodology for coordinating access to continuous media resources, such as audio and video channels, in the classroom environment paradigm, resolving resource conflicts and race conditions, guaranteeing their mutually exclusive use.