RTMC: an error control protocol for IP-based audio-visual multicast applications

Author

Carle, Georg ; Ottensmeyer, Jörg

Author_Institution

GMD Fokus, Berlin, Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

12-15 Oct 1998

Firstpage

566

Lastpage

573

Abstract

Transport of audio visual data is becoming an important application of the IP-based best-effort service on the Internet. We present an error control protocol for provision of a real-time reliable multicast transport service. The protocol RTMC (real-time multicast) uses forward error correction (FEC) for protecting first transmissions (i.e. proactive error control) and retransmissions. Results of the performance evaluation show that RTMC error control imposes low latency, and is scalable to a large number of receivers

Keywords

Internet; forward error correction; integrated voice/data communication; multicast communication; protocols; FEC; IP-based audio-visual multicast applications; Internet; RTMC; audio visual data; best-effort service; error control protocol; first transmissions; forward error correction; latency; proactive error control; real-time multicast; real-time reliable multicast transport service; receivers; retransmissions; Access protocols; Communication system traffic control; Delay; Error correction; Forward error correction; Multicast protocols; Protection; Spine; Transport protocols; Unicast; Web and internet services;

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.1998.739963

Filename

739963