Distributed architecture for multiplayer interactive applications on the Internet

IEEE Network

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 6-15

  Diot, Christophe ^a   Gautier, Laurent ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MULTICASTING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BUCKET SYNCHRONIZATION; DISTRIBUTED MULTIPLAYER GAME;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033154298     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/65.777437     Document Type: Article

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