Title :
Routing state reduction in multicast protocols
Author :
Sheng, Xu ; Hock, Ng Chee
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
fDate :
6/10/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
To improve the scalability of multicast protocols, a simple yet novel technique, called the dynamic overlap tree path (DOTP), is proposed. According to the simulation results, the overall average forwarding state-table size can be reduced by ~30%
Keywords :
multicast communication; dynamic overlap tree path; forwarding state-table size reduction; multicast protocols; routing state reduction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990667