Multicasting with the near term digital radio (NTDR) in the Tactical Internet

Author

Welsh, Bob ; Rehn, Norm ; Vincent, Bob ; Weinstein, Joseph ; Wood, Susan

Author_Institution

BBN Technol., GTE Internetworking, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 Oct 1998

Firstpage

452

Abstract

The NTDR development team is currently implementing IP multicast capabilities to support activities in the Tactical Internet. Protocols and mechanisms designed for wire-based networks do not always transfer efficiently to an RF media. This paper introduces the tradeoffs, and the solution arrived at, for distributing multicast traffic efficiently in the NTDR network. It will also describe the protocol, RGMP, developed to support multicast group memberships for the NTDR Intranet and for the external Internet interface to IGMP

Keywords

Internet; digital radio; intranets; military communication; multicast communication; packet radio networks; protocols; telecommunication traffic; IP multicast capabilities; NTDR Intranet; NTDR network; RGMP protocol; Tactical Internet; multicast group memberships; multicast traffic distribution; multicasting; near term digital radio; Bandwidth; Command and control systems; Digital communication; Intelligent networks; Internet; Internetworking; Multicast protocols; Radio frequency; Routing protocols; Spine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1998. MILCOM 98. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4506-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1998.722169

Filename

722169