PC-MCU: Point cloud multipoint control unit for multi-user holoconferencing systems

G Cernigliaro, M Martos, M Montagud… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This paper introduces the Point Cloud Multipoint Control Unit (PC-MCU): a key component
for multi-user holoconferencing systems, where remote participants are represented as Point …

[PDF][PDF] A P2P-MCU approach to multi-party video conference with WebRTC

KF Ng, MY Ching, Y Liu, T Cai, L Li… - International Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
WebRTC enables web browsers with real-time communications capabilities via JavaScript
APIs. But when the number of the participants increases, the bandwidth and CPU …

Advanced videoconferencing based on webrtc

P Rodríguez Pérez, J Cerviño Arriba, I Trajkovska… - 2012 - oa.upm.es
Lately, videoconference applications have experienced an evolution towards the World
Wide Web. New technologies have given browsers real-time communications capabilities. In …

[PDF][PDF] Deploying a multipoint control unit in the cloud: Opportunities and challenges

A Alonso, P Rodríguez, J Salvachúa… - Cloud …, 2013 - personales.upv.es
A Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) is a software component that manages different aspects of
multimedia systems: mixing, forwarding, recording or transcoding media streams. This paper …

CIF-to-QCIF video bitstream down-conversion in the DCT domain

W Zhu, KH Yang, MJ Beacken - Bell Labs technical journal, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many advanced video applications require converting a compressed video bitstream from
the Common Intermediate Format (CIF) to the Quarter Common Intermediate Format (QCIF) …

Multi-sensor capture and network processing for virtual reality conferencing

S Dijkstra-Soudarissanane, KE Assal… - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Recent developments in key technologies like 5G, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
and Tactile Internet result in new possibilities for communication. Particularly, these key …

Video conference recorder

A Pepperell, DJ Holloway - US Patent 7,532,231, 2009 - Google Patents
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Angle et al. 6,370,113 B1 4/2002 Paradiso et al. 6,445,472 B1 9, 2002 Kim et al. 6,496.216 …

Method and apparatus for controlling a conference call

JR Bain, A Pepperell - US Patent 7,312,809, 2007 - Google Patents
Provided is a method for controlling a Video Multi-Conference Unit (MCU) using an endpoint
device. The MCU intercepts, interprets and acts upon commands sent across the …

Videoconferencing over packet-based networks

MH Willebeek-Lemair, ZY Shae - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet explosion is driving the need for new collaboration tools which will enable two
or more users to share data, audio, and video. The real-time packet-based solutions which …

A video conferencing system based on SDN-enabled SVC multicast

E Yang, L Zhang, Z Yao, J Yang - Frontiers of Information Technology & …, 2016 - Springer
Current typical video conferencing connection is bridged by a multipoint control unit (MCU),
which may cause large delay and communication bottleneck for the whole system. With the …