Aspects of networking in multiplayer computer games

The Electronic Library

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-97

  Smed, Jouni ^a   Kaukoranta, Timo ^a   Hakonen, Harri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Telecom R D   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Computers; Games; Internet

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CRYPTOGRAPHY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTIPLAYER COMPUTER GAMES (MCG);

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036240118     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470210424392     Document Type: Review

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