UvgComm: Open Software for Low-Latency Multi-party Video Communication

Joni Räsänen; Heikki Tampio; Alexandre Mercat; Jarno Vanne

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UvgComm: Open Software for Low-Latency Multi-party Video Communication

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Abstract

Effective and smooth video communication has become an integral tool for interaction in our modern society. The well-known WebRTC project is optimized for server-based communication architectures with less stringent latency requirements. This paper introduces an open-source, peer-to-peer (P2P) mesh-based application called uvgComm 1.0 for low-latency multi-party video communication. Our experimental results show that uvgComm attains 25% lower latency than server-based solutions at 219 ms. In addition, it offers advanced privacy protection mechanisms with end-to-end encryption and P2P mesh topology that delivers media without any media servers. The ambitious goal of uvgComm is to take P2P mesh-based conferencing architecture to the next level and make this architecture a serious competitor to server-based communication architectures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MM 2024 - Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Publisher	ACM
Pages	11214-11217
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0686-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3664647.3685514
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2024
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	ACM International Conference on Multimedia - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 28 Oct 2024 → 1 Nov 2024

Conference

Conference	ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	28/10/24 → 1/11/24

Keywords

Open source
real-time communication
multi-party video conferencing (RTC)
Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
peer-to-peer (P2P) mesh

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Computer Networks and Communications

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Open-source RTP Library for End-to-End Encrypted Real-Time Video Streaming Applications
Räsänen, J., Altonen, A., Mercat, A. & Vanne, J., 2021, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). IEEE, p. 92-96 5 p.
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Kvazzup: Open Software for HEVC Video Calls
Räsänen, J., Viitanen, M., Vanne, J. & Hämäläinen, T. D., Dec 2017, 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). IEEE
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UvgComm: Open Software for Low-Latency Multi-party Video Communication

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Open-source RTP Library for End-to-End Encrypted Real-Time Video Streaming Applications

Kvazzup: Open Software for HEVC Video Calls

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