Multicasting on the Internet and its Applications, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998

IP Multicast 29 4 29 4.1 Reverse Path Forwarding ....... 4.2 Internet Group Management Protocol 31 Truncated Broadcasting ........ 32 4.3 4.4 Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) 34 4.5 Summary · ......................... 35 5 Multicast Extensions to Open Shortest Path First (MO- SPF) 39 5.1 High-level Description 39 Architecture ...... 40 5.2 5.2.1 Design Goals 41 Protocol Data Structures 41 5.2.2 5.3 Protocol. 44 52 5.4 Summary · ............ 6 Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) 53 6.1 High-Level Description 53 54 6.2 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2.1 Design Goals: ........ 54 6.2.2 Components and Functions 55 6.3 Protocol ............... 57 6.3.1 Creating the PIM framework 58 6.3.2 Creating a specific multicast tree for a group 59 6.3.3 Multicast data forwarding . . . . . . 64 6.3.4 Operation in a multi-access network 65 6.3.5 List of PIM messages 68 6.3.6 A complete example 69 6.4 Summary · ...... 69 7 Core-Based Tree (CBT) 73 7.1 High-level Description 73 7.2 Architecture . . . . . . 74 7.2.1 Design Goals: .

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. I: Introduction to Multicast. 1. Introduction. 2. Multicasting Fundamentals. II: Network Layer Multicast. 3. Multicast Routing Algorithms. 4. IP Multicast. 5. Multicast Extensions to Open Shortest Path First (MO-SPF). 6. Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM). 7. Core- Based Tree (CBT). 8. Ordered Core Based Tree (OCBT). 9. Hierarchical DVMRP (H-DVMRP). 10. Hierarchical PIM (HPIM). 11. Border Gateway Multicast Protocol (BGMP). 12. Multicast Backbone of the Internet (MBone). 13. Programming with IP Multicast. III: Quality of Service. 14. Integrated Services in the Internet and RSVP. 15. Internet Stream Protocol - ST2. IV: Transport-Layer Issues. 16. Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP). 17. Scalable Reliable Multicast (SRM). 18. Reliable Multicast Transport Protocol (RMTP). 19. Reliable Adaptive Multicast Protocol (RAMP). 20. Reliable Multicast Protocol (RMP). 21. Pros and Cons of Reliable Multicast Protocols. 22. Various Reliable Multicast Protocols. 23. Forward Error Correction-Based Reliable Multicast Protocols. 24. Performance Comparison of Reliable Multicast Protocols. V: Video Multicast on the Internet. 25. Scalable Feedback Control (SFC) for Multicast Video Distribution in the Internet. 26. Receiver-Driven Layered Multicast (RLM). 27. Layered Video Multicast with Retransmission (LVMR). 28. Destination Set Grouping (DSG). VI: Group Communication. 29. Totem. 30. Transis. 31. Horus. VII: Multicasting in Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). 32. Multicast Using ATM UNI 3.0/3.1. 33. IP Multicast Over ATM. VIII: Applications and Future of Multicasting. 34. Multicast Applications. 35. Future Directions. Reference. Index.

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