[AG-USERS] Re: [AG-TECH] unicas question

[Tom Coffin]

hi Dio

There are many tools to accommodate collaboration to
a wide variety of bandwidths. The key is a "centers"
concept (A facility enabled to manage various forms of
connectivity) which can handle the high speed multicasting,
and use other tools to "broadcast" to lower and unicast
bandwidths.

For example, one model could be to use a collection of applications:
   Using the AG to connect to other agnodes.
   Using Windows Media encoder to broadcast the video and audio.
   Using student teacher/teachers assistant chat communications
   Using VRVS (which seems to ride unicast bandwidth quite well)
   Using unicast bridge servers for Rat and Vic

Sharing data could also be approached in this way:
   Shared presentation and Shared Browser in the AG
   "Broadcasting" of slides in embedded webpages
   Downloading of .pdf .doc .xls or other printable media files

There have been a lot of collaborative applications developed
and then discarded for lack of use (Tango, Habenero) Using
the latest and greatest of these would be helpful as well.

The key to this collection of applications for communications
and collaborations would be to tie it all together with web
pages designed to enable efficient use of all of this.


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At 08:46 PM 1/16/2005, Dioselin Gonzalez wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>We are working on a distance learning project and we would like to use 
>AG.  One of the concerns is we want students to be able to attend class 
>from home, where usually we don't have multicast.   I've been reading the 
>documentation about bridges and the unicast option in the venue client.
>
>I have tried using this option at home and connect to the Argonne bridge, 
>but yet I can't attend meetings from home.  What am I missing?
>Would anybody point me out to what it takes to use unicast ?
>
>Another question: from what I've read, using unicast would allow users to 
>start the media tools, but not the shared apps.  Is this correct?
>
>Thank you!
>
>Dio.-


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