Internet multicast routing and transport control protocols

Author

Li, Victor O K ; Zhang, Zaichen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ., China

Volume

90

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

391

Abstract

Multicasting is a mechanism to send data to multiple receivers in an efficient way. We give a comprehensive survey on network and transport layer issues of Internet multicast. We begin with an introduction to the current Internet protocol multicast model-the "host group" model and the current Internet multicast architecture, then discuss in depth the following three research areas: (1) scalable multicast routing; (2) reliable multicast; and (3) multicast flow and congestion control. Our goal is to summarize the state of the art in Internet multicast and to stimulate further research in this area

Keywords

Internet; computer network reliability; multicast communication; reviews; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; Internet multicast architecture; Internet multicast routing protocols; Internet protocol multicast model; host group model; multicast congestion control; multicast flow control; network layer; reliable multicast; scalable multicast routing; transport control protocols; transport layer; Access protocols; Automatic repeat request; Forward error correction; Information filtering; Information filters; Internet; Multicast protocols; Open systems; Routing protocols; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.993404

Filename

993404