Content search results will be delivered to a single Virtual Museum Viewer across an IP network and linked to our micro-billing and authentication server.
Preliminary discussions are already underway to extend connectivity to Europe and South East Asia.
In the initial phase of the project the bandwidth requirements will be quite modest but will grow rapidly as the video and audio streaming capabilities are implemented. It is therefore requested that a guaranteed minimum of 3 MBPS with a peak of 10 MBPS be allocated for the project. Not withstanding, a unique aspect of the project was the establishment of a single central index accessing distributed content whereby a user can formulate a request for processing by a central index, resulting in the retrieval of images from multiple servers that need not be co-located on the network. This concept has broad commercial, educational and medical application. The project is supported by ACT's ongoing research and development efforts but a key requirement is the necessary networking infrastructure for testing, development, accessing and retrieving content that is often held by Universities and other Institutions in our country.