• DocumentCode
    1262971
  • Title

    Scalable adaptive hierarchical clustering

  • Author

    Mathy, Laurent ; Canonico, Roberto ; Simpson, Steven ; Hutchison, David

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Dept., Lancaster Univ., UK
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    117
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    We propose a new application-level clustering algorithm capable of building an overlay spanning tree among participants of large multicast sessions, without any specific help from the network routers. The algorithm and associated protocol are shown to exhibit scalable properties.
  • Keywords
    adaptive systems; multicast communication; network topology; transport protocols; trees (mathematics); IP multicast services; application-level clustering algorithm; multicast sessions; network routers; overlay spanning tree; scalable adaptive hierarchical clustering; scalable protocol; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Delay; Design methodology; Distance measurement; Large-scale systems; Magnetic heads; Multicast algorithms; Throughput; Unicast;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4234.991151
  • Filename
    991151