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Questions Related to Videoconferencing Field Trip

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• Why and how do objects help in the description and development of multimedia services?
  
• Explain the abstraction "stream" supported by multimedia services.
  
• What is the role of a resource manager in a distributed multimedia system?
  
• What types of "devices" should be supported by multimedia services?
  
• What is a "connection agreement" for multimedia services?
  
• How is synchronization supported by multimedia services?
  
• What are some of the common types of teleconferencing systems?
  
• What are the important requirements for multimedia communications?
  
• What are the benefits and architectures for application sharing in a distributed multimedia environment?
  
• How is the problem of synchronization handled in videoconferencing?
  
• What are policies for handling latecomers in videoconferences?
  
• What protocol support helps handle groups of people involved in videoconferences?
  
• What are the key features, lessons learned, and accomplishments of: VOX, Galatea, Etherphone, Touring Machine?