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MECCANO: general info
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MECCANO Overview
The objective of the project is to provide all the technology components,
other than the data network itself, to support collaborative research and
technical development through the deployment of enhanced tools for multimedia
collaboration in Europe. The project will improve and deploy the existing
conferencing toolsets with a particular application aim of distance education
and of conferencing. Improvements will occur in many important aspects:
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Better integration of the multimedia conferencing tools to make them easier
to use by untrained users
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Capability for optimum video, audio, shared workspace and applications
sharing over heterogeneous bandwidths
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Identify the additional support and management facilities required to meet
and enhance the end-user applications
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Inter-operable cross-platform support
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Better support for the introduction and recording of multimedia information
in conferences
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Support for network reservation and multicast deployment over concatenated
networks technologies
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Improved inter-operation between IETF and ITU-T standard conferencing systems
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Integration of low speed access facilities via intelligent packet filtering,
multiplexing and transcoding gateways with distributed, secured, control
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Facilities for secure conferencing - with the keys distribution compatible
with a large-scale CA infrastructure
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Distributed measurement, monitoring and management of Resource Reservation
and Quality of Service
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Conference announcement and invitation
Verification activities will be pursued both inside the project and in
other Telematics projects which stress each of the technical activities.
Complete project plan can be found here.
Project partners
The following institutions are partners in the MECCANO project:
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Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET
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Communications Research Centre, Canada
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EUTELSAT
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Hewlett-Packard European Laboratories, UK
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INRIA Sophia Antipolis
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New Learning AS
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Rechenzentrum Universitaet Stuttgart
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School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University of London
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Shell International Exploration and Production B.V.
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Teles AG
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Universitaet Bremen
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Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
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Universitaet Freiburg
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Universitaet Mannheim
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University College London
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University of Oslo
Many of these institutions maintain their own MECCANO web pages, available
through the main
server.
Software
The following software is produced and/or recommended by the project
partners:
The SuperJANET videoconferencing advisory service maintains a comprehensive
list of MBone conferencing tools
which may be useful. A similar list is maintained in Germany.
Further information
Further information is available on the main
web server.
Last updated 17. December 1998 by Tarik Cicic.