A Novel Approach for Core Selection in Shared Tree Multicasting

Multicasting is preferred over multiple unicasts from the viewpoint of better utilization of network bandwidth. Multicasting can be done in two different ways: source based tree approach and shared tree approach. Protocols such as Core Based Tree (CBT), Protocol Independent Multicasting Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) use shared treeapproach. Shared tree approach is preferred over source-based tree approach because in the later construction of minimum cost treeper source is needed unlike a single shared tree in the former approach.The work presented in this paper provides an efficient core selection method for shared tree multicasting. In this work, we have used a new concept known as pseudo diameter for core selection. The presented methodselects more than one core to achieve fault tolerance.