Finding Multimedia Sessions
MBone is used extensively for multimedia conferencing
Two basics ways to locate and to participate in a multimedia session :
Advertisement :
- The session is advertised,
- Potential participants see the advertisement,
- Then they join the session to participate.
- Sessions are advertised by SAP, email, news group, web pages,…
Invitation :
- Users are invited by others to participate in a session,
- The session may or may not be advertised.
- SIP is the invitation protocol.
- The MBone equivalent to the Phone Call