A generic protocol for multipoint connections under link-state routing

Author

Huang, Yih ; McKinley, Philip K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

27-30 May 1996

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

343

Abstract

We propose a protocol for the construction and maintenance of multipoint connections (MCs). The protocol is based on link-state routing: information regarding multipoint connections is broadcast to network switches, which perform all computations locally. The protocol is generic in that it can be used with MCs of different types, including symmetric MCs, receiver-only MCs, and asymmetric MCs. Results of a simulation study show that this generality can be achieved with negligible (in normal traffic periods) to moderate (in very busy periods) signaling overhead

Keywords

computer network management; internetworking; switching networks; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; transport protocols; generic protocol; link-state routing; multipoint connections; network switches; signaling overhead; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Computer science; Distributed computing; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7399-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1996.507932

Filename

507932