Improving the PIM routing protocol with adaptive switching mechanism between its two sparse sub-modes

Author

Holt, James ; Peng, Wuxu

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

12-15 Oct 1998

Firstpage

768

Lastpage

773

Abstract

We present an extension of the classical PIM (protocol independent multicast) routing protocol, named PIM SWITCH, that allows PIM to dynamically switch between its shared tree sub-mode and shortest-path tree sub-mode. This extension enables PIM to better adapt to the changing networking environment. PIM SWITCH has been extensively, evaluated using our software tool MCS (multicast simulation) reported in a previous paper. Our simulation results reveal that PIM SWITCH performs well as expected with minimum overhead

Keywords

adaptive systems; multicast communication; network topology; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; trees (mathematics); PIM SWITCH; PIM routing protocol; adaptive switching mechanism; minimum overhead; multicast simulation; networking environment; protocol independent multicast; shared tree sub-mode; shortest-path tree sub-mode; simulation results; software tool; sparse sub-modes; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Scalability; Software tools; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 1998. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lafayette, LA

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9014-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.1998.998840

Filename

998840