WWW Fall 94 -- Multicasting Details
How to Participate Remotely
There are two ways to participate in the conference remotely
(in either case, please read the important notes below!):
- By attending one of the
remote conference sites,
where live video will be projected,
and live two-way audio conferencing supported.
- By installing the requisite MBONE software (sd, nv, and vat) on
your own UNIX workstation, and joining the MBONE by contacting your local
Internet access provider to be added to the MBONE routing tables.
For further technical details about the MBONE:
Important Notes About the Limitations of MBONE Conferencing
As a remote participant for the multicasts,
we ask that you bear in mind that numerous factors influence the quality
of the program you receive,
many of which are out of our control.
MBONE multicasting is an experimental technology,
and does not ensure reliable reception of transmitted materials.
It is not equivalent in quality to traditional satellite video transmissions
such as those used to broadcast pay-for-view sporting events.
However, it is generally quite adequate for technical conferences.
Please be prepared to participate in the session in a spirit
of relaxed collaborative experimentation.
In particular, using a television camera to transmit from the projection
screen at the front of the room can result in a received image that is
difficult to read.
Audio may break up, so that you will have to listen carefully and
sometimes rely on context to understand the speaker.
MBONE communications are multi-way.
During question periods,
we will solicite questions from remote participants,
and try to interleave them with questions from the local audience.
Please wait to ask your question
until the chair explicitly asks for questions from MBONE/Internet listeners.
The person sitting in front of the workstation which is doing the MBONE
transmission,
whom we call the "interlocutor,"
will act as your stand-in in the conference hall,
and collaborate with the chair to handle incoming questions smoothly.
When you first try to speak,
it will take a moment for the interlocutor to enable your incoming audio signal.
The interlocutor will then acknowledge you by speaking out your network address,
and then you should start speaking again,
beginning your question by stating your name,
affiliation, and geographical location.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Conference Organizers gratefully acknowledge the help of the following
individuals in making this multicast possible:
- ACM and the Organizers of MULTIMEDIA '94
-
Who coordinated their own multicasting activities with ours.
- Jules Aronson (National Library of Medicine)
-
Who provided technical advice and assistance,
and acted as local interlocutor at the NLM remote conference site.
- Steve Casner (ICI)
-
Who provided valued technical advice,
and coordination with the activities of the ACM MULTIMEDIA '94 event.
- Joseph Hardin (NCSA)
-
Who (together with R. P. C. Rodgers) conceived of the idea of multicasting
the meeting,
and allocated equipment and personnel
- Donald A. B. Lindberg (HPCC, National Library of Medicine)
-
Who provided facilities for the remote conference site at the NLM.
- Jason Ng (NCSA)
-
Who acted as co-principal organizer with R. P. C. Rodgers.
- R. P. C. Rodgers (National Library of Medicine)
-
Who (together with J. Hardin) conceived of the idea of multicasting the meeting,
provided equipment,
and acted as co-principal organizer with Jason Ng.
NCSA -
Mosaic and the Web Conference - October 1, 1994
