The GCommS Project The GCommS Project GCommS stands for Group Communication Support for Distributed Multimedia Systems. It addresses the problem of group communication at the transport layer and above at a so called distributed multimedia application platform. Its feasibility was evaluated by mapping M-Connection service elements on to XTP 4.0 protocol mechanisms. Their suitability to provide communications support for multipeer communication was investigated and implementation of the two were tested.
GCommS project looks also into the problem of QoS for multimedia multipeer communication.
In an open, heterogeneous group environment different users have different QoS requirements, depending on individual user needs, end-system capabilities and the kind of network users are connected to. New ways to specify and negotiate QoS in this situation are investigated within the GCommS project. Related to this problem is mutlipeer integrity and group reliability. Another area of research addressed within the project is group management. Project Links The GCommS project and its members participate in different projects and collaborate in various ways with other national and international institutions.