Communications of the ACM
The multimedia multicasting problem
Multimedia Systems
IP QoS: Traveling in First Class on the Internet
IEEE Internet Computing
A Configurable Multimedia Middleware Platform
IEEE MultiMedia
A media synchronization survey: reference model, specification, and case studies
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Human perception of jitter and media synchronization
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
An EFSM-based multimedia synchronization model and the authoring system
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
A multimedia synchronization model and its implementation in transport protocols
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Multipoint communication: a survey of protocols, functions, and mechanisms
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Reliable multicast transport protocol (RMTP)
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
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The Internet explosion is driving the need for distributed multimedia presentations (DMPs), which provide multiple users with QoS-controlled multimedia services such as media distribution and virtual classroom. The provision of DMPs is usually based on the multicast communication. However, the jitter phenomenon over the best-effort Internet always disturbs the orchestration of multimedia presentations. Furthermore, the characteristics of multiple media streams combining the multicast delivery complicate the network and system deployment. In this paper, we describe the major considerations and techniques of designing multiple-stream multimedia presentations in a multicast communication environment. Based on the proposed control schemes, we develop a communication engine named Mcast. Mcast (i) provides the flexible authoring tool to allow users to author a multiple-stream multi-media presentation in a multicast environment and (ii) achieves smooth multimedia presentations with the well-designed temporal control mechanism.